| Jovan Popović | |
| Birth Date: | 18 November 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Kikinda, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Resting Place: | Belgrade New Cemetery |
| Occupation: | Poet, novelist |
Jovan Popović (Serbian: Јован Поповић; 18 November 1905 – 13 February 1952) was a Serbian writer and academic.[1]
Popović was born in Kikinda, in modern-day Serbia. He joined the Yugoslav Partisans in the beginning of the armed struggle in Serbia in 1941. He became a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on November 14, 1950. His statue stands on the square of his hometown of Kikinda and a grammar school in Belgrade is named after him.[2] [3]