Mirko Kovač (writer)

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 Europska trulež and the scripts for some of the most successful films of Yugoslav cinema like Handcuffs, Playing Soldiers and Occupation in 26 Pictures among others. He was one quarter of the infamous Belgrade quartet, the other three being Danilo Kiš, Borislav Pekić and Filip David. ^{Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013)}

26 December 1938

Born on the same birth date (26 December 1938): Alamgir Kabir (film maker) • Bahram Beyzai • Robert Hamerton-Kelly

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Chris Daughtry • Eden Sher • Elisabeth of the Palatinate • Georgios Rallis • Harry Gamble • Jade Thirlwall • James Kottak • James Mercer (musician) • Jean Toomer • Peep Jänes • Ralph Hill (runner) • Robert Hamerton-Kelly • Rose Lok

Born in the same month (December 1938): Alamgir Kabir (film maker) • Andre Marrou • Atje Keulen-Deelstra • Bill Dunk • Bobby Henrich • David Houston (singer) • Dimitrios Trichopoulos • Enrico Macias • Frank Deford • Jay Arnette • Joel Hirschhorn • Larry Bryggman • Noel Picard • Peter Snell • Red Steagall • Robert Kahn (computer scientist) • Sandy Nelson • Yvonne Minton