Borka Pavićević
Borka Pavićević (5 June 1947 – 30 June 2019) was a Yugoslav-Serbian dramaturge, newspaper columnist, and cultural activist. She was also described as a "dramatist, Belgrade liberal and pacifist intellectual".[1] She founded the Centre for Cultural Decontamination in 1994, and was a co-founder of the Belgrade Circle.
Borka Pavićević | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | June 5, 1947 Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia |
| Died | 30 June 2019 (aged 72) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Political party | Movement of Free Citizens (2017–2019) |
| Alma mater | University of Arts in Belgrade |
| Occupation | dramaturge, pacifist, intellectual |
| Known for | Centre for Cultural Decontamination |
| Awards | Legion of Honour |
Biography Edit
Born in Kotor,[2] Pavićević was a 1971 graduate from Belgrade's Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television. Her theatre career spanned decades. For ten years, Pavicevic was a dramaturge at Atelje 212.[3] 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.[4] 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,[5][6] she was a regular newspaper columnist in "Danas".
Pavićević founded the Centre for Cultural Decontamination, devoted to the creation of catharsis, in 1994;[3] 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 was the co-author of the book Belgrade, my Belgrade.[3] In 2017, she signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[7] Pavičević 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).[8][9][10]
She was married to human rights lawyer Nikola Barović.[9]
Borka Pavićević died on 30 June 2019 in Belgrade, at the age of 72.[11]
References Edit
- ^ 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. ISBN 9788682827108.
- ^ "Borka Pavićević has passed away". CZKD. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Borka Pavićević". Drama Queen Symposium. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Nikčević, Tamara (19 December 2013). "Kratka istorija kulturnog trovanja". Vreme (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Yale Theatre. Yale School of Drama. 2002. p. 27.
- ^ . Crossborder Experience. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear]. Večernji list (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ . Hiroshima Foundation. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ a b . European Cultural Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ . Digital Diplomacy Program of British Council and Kosovo Foreign Ministry. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Preminula Borka Pavićević". CZKD. 30 June 2019.
External links Edit
- Borka Pavicevic at IMDb