Trifković wrote lighthearted comedies about city life in Vojvodina[1] which were popular with the public, especially his best play, The Choosy Bride-to-Be (Izbiračica).

Kosta Trifković was born in Danube Street (Dunavska ulica) in the city of Novi Sad on October 20, 1843, at the time in the Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (modern-day Serbia).

The father of Serbian comedy, Jovan Sterija Popović, who dramatized universal problems and stated didactic imperatives, became outmoded and soon was overshadowed by a score of young writers.

His industry was prodigious: between 1871 and 1874, he composed fifteen plays, all of them original, and not counting numerous translations or recasts of classical masterpieces.

Kosta Trifković's dramatic works have been translated into German, French, Italian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, and other languages.