Siniša Kovačević playwright

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, professor of the Belgrade Academy of Arts

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, is a Serbia

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n author.

Born in 1954 in the village of Šuljam

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 in Serbia

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, Srem

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. He graduated dramaturgy at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade

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. He is a professor on Academy of Arts

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 in the case dramaturgy. He writes for theater, film and TV. His works have been translated into Macedonian

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, Russian

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, English

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 and German

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 language. He is married to actress Ljiljana Blagojević, with whom he has a daughter, Kalina Kovačević, also an actress. He lives and works in Belgrade.

Stage dramas

• Đeneral Milan Nedić
• Novo je doba
• Sveti Sava
• Poslednja ruka pred fajront
• Srpska drama
• Virus
• Velika drama
• Kraljević Marko
• Janez
• Ravi
• Zečiji nasip

Film scripts

• Država Mrtvih
• Bolje od bekstva
• Najbolji
• Najviše na svetu celom

Directed Premieres of his dramas

• Virus
• Kraljević Marko
• Janez
• Velika drama
• Zečiji nasip

And also the movie Sinovci in 2006, and the TV serie Gorki Plodovi aka Bitter Fruit, in 2008/09.

Awards

• Triple Sterija Award winner for theatrical plays: Novo je doba, Đeneral Milan Nedić, Janez.
• Triple "Branislav Nušić" Award winner for theatrical plays: Sveti Sava, Kraljević Marko,Ravi.
• TV drama Novo je doba included in the top ten TV dramas, as the third.
• TV drama Svečana obaveza classified in the five best TV dramas ever recorded.
• TV drama Mala šala joke is included in četrvrtu book anthology of contemporary TV dramas.

External links

• Interview with Siniša Kovačevic with biography and list of works and awards on Radio-Television of Serbia (in Serbian)