'''Ivan "Goran" Kovačić''' ({{IPA-sh|ǐʋan ɡǒran kǒʋatʃitɕ|pron}}; 21 March 1913 – 13 July 1943) was a prominent [[Croats|Croatian]]Yugoslav [[poet]] and writer of the 20th century.
==Early life and background==
He was born in [[Lukovdol]] (part of [[Vrbovsko]]), a town in [[Gorski Kotar]], to a Croatian[[Croat]] father, Ivan Kovačić, and [[Transylvania]]n [[Jew]]ish mother Ruža ([[Married and maiden names|née]] Klein).<ref name="hakol">{{hr icon}} Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Nataša Maksimović Subašić; Zora Dirnbach – Svjetionik s one strane nacionalizma; stranica 4; broj 110, lipanj/srpanj/kolovoz 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/89793/tko-je-tko-i-odakle-strani-velikani-hrvatske-kulture|title=Tko je tko i odakle: strani velikani hrvatske kulture|publisher=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]]|language=Croatian|trans-title=Who is who and where from: Giants of Croatian culture|date=24 August 2010|accessdate=24 July 2012|archivedate=24 July 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69Ofh8L1k?url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/89793/tko-je-tko-i-odakle-strani-velikani-hrvatske-kulture|author=Predrag Matvejević}}</ref>
He attended the [[Gymnasium Karlovac]]. In his honour, the Karlovac city library, the city's oldest cultural institution founded in 1838, was renamed after him.<ref>[http://www.librarybuildings.info/croatia/city-library-ivan-goran-kovacic-karlovac Ivan Goran Kovačić profile], librarybuildings.info; accessed 25 March 2010.</ref>
