{"id":20282,"date":"2022-11-18T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/?p=20282"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:05:44","slug":"mirko-kovac-1938-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/2022\/11\/mirko-kovac-1938-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirko Kova\u010d (1938\u20132013)<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mirko Kova\u010d was a celebrated novelist, playwright, and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important voices in South Slavic literature. Born in Montenegro, he studied dramaturgy at the Academy for Theatre, Film, and Television in Belgrade but left before graduating to publish his first novel, Gubili\u0161te<\/em> (The Gallows<\/em>, 1962).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout his career, Kova\u010d was known for his uncompromising artistic integrity. His works, often critical of political and social systems, faced censorship and persecution both in Communist Yugoslavia and later in Serbia under Milo\u0161evi\u0107. Despite these challenges, his writing received great critical acclaim and reached an international readership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was the recipient of many prestigious literary awards, including the NIN Award, the Me\u0161a Selimovi\u0107 Award, the Vladimir Nazor Award, and the Kiklop Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am not one of those writers with a large audience, but I have always had loyal readers. I am part of the cultural and intellectual landscape rather than someone concerned with numbers. When people ask for whom I write, I always say: for literature. And literature, you must admit, is a great spell.\u201d \u2014 from an interview<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Among his most notable works are Gubili\u0161te<\/em> (The Gallows<\/em>, 1962), Moja sestra Elida<\/em> (My Sister Elida<\/em>, 1965), \u017divotopis Malvine Trifkovi\u0107<\/em> (The Life of Malvina Trifkovi\u0107<\/em>, 1971), Ruganje s du\u0161om<\/em> (Mockery with a Passion<\/em>, 1976), Vrata od utrobe<\/em> (Door to the Insides<\/em>, 1978), Uvod u drugi \u017eivot<\/em> (An Introduction to Another Life<\/em>, 1983), Kristalne re\u0161etke<\/em> (Crystal Lattices<\/em>, 1995), Grad u zrcalu<\/em> (The City in the Mirror<\/em>, 2007), and Vrijeme koje se udaljava<\/em> (Time Which Fades<\/em>, 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kova\u010d also wrote several acclaimed screenplays and plays, including Lisice<\/em> (Handcuffs<\/em>, 1969), Pad Italije<\/em> (The Fall of Italy<\/em>, 1981), and Mali vojnici<\/em> (Playing Soldier<\/em>, 1967). His works have been translated into many languages and continue to inspire readers across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mirko Kova\u010d bio je ugledni romanopisac, dramaturg i esejista, jedan od najva\u017enijih i veoma cenjenih glasova u ju\u017enoslovenskoj knji\u017eevnosti. Ro\u0111en u Crnoj Gori, studirao je dramaturgiju na Akademiji za pozori\u0161te, film i televiziju u Beogradu. Ipak napustio je studije pre nego \u0161to je diplomirao kako bi objavio svoj prvi roman Gubili\u0161te<\/em> (1962).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kova\u010d je tokom karijere bio poznat po svom nepokolebljivom umetni\u010dkom integritetu. Njegova dela, \u010desto kriti\u010dki nastrojena prema politi\u010dkim i dru\u0161tvenim sistemima, suo\u010davala su se sa cenzurom i progonima kako u komunisti\u010dkoj Jugoslaviji, tako i kasnije u Srbiji za vreme Milo\u0161evi\u0107a. Uprkos izazovima, njegovo pisanje je dobijalo velike pohvale kriti\u010dara i pronalazilo je put do me\u0111unarodne \u010ditala\u010dke publike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dobitnik je mnogih presti\u017enih knji\u017eevnih nagrada, uklju\u010duju\u0107i NIN-ovu nagradu, nagradu Me\u0161e Selimovi\u0107a, nagradu Vladimir Nazor i Kiklopovu nagradu za celokupno knji\u017eevno delo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eNisam jedan od pisaca sa ogromnom publikom, ali sam uvek imao verne \u010ditaoce. Ja sam deo kulturnog i intelektualnog \u017eivota, a ne neko ko se bavi brojevima. Kada me ljudi pitaju za koga pi\u0161em, uvek ka\u017eem: za knji\u017eevnost. A knji\u017eevnost, morate priznati, jeste jedna od najboljih \u010darolija.\u201c \u2014 iz intervjua<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Me\u0111u njegovim najistaknutijim delima nalaze se Gubili\u0161te<\/em> (1962), Moja sestra Elida<\/em> (1965), \u017divotopis Malvine Trifkovi\u0107<\/em> (1971), Ruganje s du\u0161om<\/em> (1976), Vrata od utrobe<\/em> (1978), Uvod u drugi \u017eivot<\/em> (1983), Kristalne re\u0161etke<\/em> (1995), Grad u zrcalu<\/em> (2007) i Vreme koje se udaljava<\/em> (2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kova\u010d je pisao i brojne poznate scenarije i drame, me\u0111u kojima su Lisice<\/em> (1969), Pad Italije<\/em> (1981) i Mali vojnici<\/em> (1967). Njegove knjige prevedene su na mnoge jezike i nastavljaju da inspiri\u0161u \u010ditaoce \u0161irom Evrope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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