Borka Pavićević | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia | June 5, 1947
Died | 30 June 2019 Belgrade, Serbia | (aged 72)
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 |
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.
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]
Borka Pavićević | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia | June 5, 1947
Died | 30 June 2019 Belgrade, Serbia | (aged 72)
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 |
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.
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]