Mirko Kovač

Mirko Kovač was a Yugoslav writer. In his rich career he wrote novels, short stories, essays, film scripts, TV and radio plays. Among his best known works are the novella "Životopis Malvine Trifković", the novels "Vrata od utrobe", "Grad u zrcalu", the short story collection "Ruže za Nives Koen", the book of essays "Evropska trulež" and the scripts for some of the most successful films of Yugoslav cinema like Mali vojnici, Lisice, Okupacija u 26 slika and Pad Italije among others.

Kovač was born to a Croat father and a Serb mother in the village of Petrovići in Banjani region near Nikšić, Montenegro. He went to elementary school in Trebinje but after leaving his family at the age of 16 he went to Vojvodina where he finished high school in N

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