Dušan Jovanović (1 October 1939 – 1 January 2021)[1] was a Slovene theatre director, playwright and essayist, known for his experimental and grotesque satirical theatre.

[2] Jovanović was born in Belgrade in 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War.

After the war he moved to Ljubljana with his father and went on to study English and French at the University of Ljubljana and also graduated in stage direction from the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television.

[3] Since 1989 he was also assistant professor at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television.

Since the late 1990s Jovanović became also an acclaimed columnist and essayist.