Danko Popović

Slobodan "Danko" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Данко Поповић; 19 August 1928 – 7 August 2009) was a Serbian writer, playwright and screenwriter.

Popović was born in Aranđelovac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School, where he spent the biggest part of life and where he started his literary work. Danko, however, also returned regularly to his home town and property nearby Bukulja. He wrote several novels, collections of short stories and scenarios for TV, Film and radio dramas.Vladan Matijević was the 2015 recipient of the Danko Popović Award.