Borka Pavićević

Borka Pavićević

Borka Pavićević (born 1947) is a Serbian dramaturge, newspaper columnist, and cultural activist. Also described as a "dramatist, Belgrade liberal and pacifist intellectual",[1] she founded the Centre for Cultural Decontamination in 1994, and is a co-founder of the Belgrade Circle.

Biography

Born in Kotor, Pavićević is a 1971 graduate from Belgrade's Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television. Her theatre career has spanned decades. For ten years, Pavicevic was a dramaturge at Atelje 212.[2] She founded the New Sensibility Theater in a Belgrade brewery in 1981. From 1984 to 1991, she participated in the artistic movement "KPGT" (Kazaliste Pozoriste Gledalisce Teatar). She was a playwright and the artistic director of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, until she was let go in 1993 due to her political views.[3] She also served as a jurist for the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, working for the organization for 20 years. A co-founder of the Belgrade Circle,[4][5] she is a regular newspaper columnist.

Pavićević founded the Centre for Cultural Decontamination, devoted to the creation of catharsis, in 1994;[2] it has organised more than 5,000 events, exhibitions, protests, and lectures. She was one of the signers of the Declaration of The Civil Resistance Movement in 2012 and is the co-author of the book Belgrade, my Belgrade.[2] Pavicevic has received many awards including, the Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theater (2000); the Hiroshima Foundation Prize for Peace and Culture (2004); the Osvajanje slobode (“Winning Freedom”) prize by the Maja Maršićević Tasić Foundation (2005); Routes Award by European Cultural Foundation (2009/2010); and, from the Government of the Republic of France, the Legion of Honour (2001).[6][7][8]

Married to the human rights lawyer, Nikola Barović,[7] she lives in Belgrade.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Slpašak, Svetlana (1997). The war started at Maksimir: hate speech in the media: content analyses of Politika and Borba newspapers, 1987–1991. Media Center. p. 53.
  2. 1 2 3 "Borka Pavićević". Drama Queen Symposium. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Nikčević, Tamara (19 December 2013). "Kratka istorija kulturnog trovanja". Vreme (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Yale Theatre. Yale School of Drama. 2002. p. 27.
  5. ↑ "Europe in 2020: the future of the EU". Crossborder Experience. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "014 Hiroshima Prizes to be presented to Senator Roméo Dallaire and Kettly Noël, dancer and choreographer". Hiroshima Foundation. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Interview with 2nd ECF Princess Margriet Award laureate Borka Pavićević". European Cultural Foundation. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Borka Pavićević". Digital Diplomacy Program of British Council and Kosovo Foreign Ministry. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Borka Pavicevic". culturebase.net. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

External links

Borka Pavicevic at the Internet Movie Database

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