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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