Jovan Ćirilov
Jovan Ćirilov | |
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Theatrologist , philosopher, writer, theatre selector, poet | |
| Years active | 1955–2014 |
Jovan Ćirilov (
theatrologist
, philosopher, writer, theatre selector, and poet.
Biography
Ćirilov was born in
In 2000, he received a Special Prize by the Jury of the Europe Theatre Prize, awarded to BITEF.[5][6]
Since 2001 to 2007, he was the President of the National Commission of Yugoslavia, then Serbia, in UNESCO.[7]
He wrote the plays Room for four and House of Silence (with
scripts for the Vladimir Slijepčević film Real state of situation, Ward, Where after the rain (shown in Venice, Moscow and Pula), radio plays Windy Roads (in German language, Radio Hamburg), Mechanical secretary and others. Adapted for the stage of The Damned Yard by Ivo Andrić, and together with Belović Discovery, by Dobrica Ćosić
.
He was the author of novels, several collections of poems, theatrological essays, books of memories, an anthology of plays (Serbian contemporary drama in English, British and American contemporary drama, The shortest plays in the world, etc...) and vocabularies. He had translated plays by
Writer of
Blic newspaper, (named "Pozorištarije" and "With hands in pockets") and theater news in the Ludus theatre newspapers.[2]
As a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, he was the first person who publicly called for decriminalisation of male same-sex relations ("sodomy laws") in the 1980s.[8][9]
He spoke German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Serbian and studied Chinese.[2]
Death
He died in Belgrade after a short illness on 16 November 2014.[10] He is interred in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in the Belgrade New Cemetery.
Works
Published books
- Путовање по граматици, The journey for grammar, poems, 1972.
- Неко време у Салцбургу, Some time in Salzburg, a novel, 1980.
- Узалудна путовања, песме, Trip in vain, songs, 1989.
- Реч недеље, Word of the Week, a collection of articles (columns), 1997. and 2006.
- Пре и после гнева, Before and after anger, зборник савремене британске драме, repertory of modern British drama, 2001.
- Пре и после Косе, Before and after Kosa, зборник савремене америчке драме, repertory of modern American drama, 2002.
- Сви моји савременици I-II, All of my contemporaries, collection of short biographies, 2010/11.
- Мајке познатих, Mothers of the famous, collection of short biographies, 2011.
Theatrical works
- Путовање по позоришту, Travels in Theatre, 1988.
- Драмски писци моји савременици, Dramatic writers my contemporaries, 1989.
- Позориштарије, Pozorištarije, 1998.
- Дневници, Diaries, 1999.
Dramas, plays and scripts
- Room for four, play (with Miroslav Belović)
- House of Silence, play (with Miroslav Belović)
- The Real State of Affairs, movie script for the Vladan Slijepčevićfilm
- The Climber, movie script
- Where after the rain?, movie script (shown in Venice, Moscow and Pula)
- Windy Roads (in German language, Radio Hamburg), radio play
- Mechanical secretary, radio play
- The Damned Yard by Ivo Andrić, adapted for the stage
- Discovery, by Dobrica Ćosić, together with Belović, adapted for the stage
Dictionaries
- Речник нових речи, Dictionary of new words, 1982.
- Речник песничких слика, Dictionary of poetic images, 1985.
- Нови речник нових речи, New Dictionary of new words, 1991.
- Српско-хрватски речник варијаната (иначица), Serbo-Croatian Dictionary of variants (inacica), 1989. And 1994.
Anthologies
- Najkraće drame na svetu (The shortest plays in the World, short dramas, KOV, Vršac, 1999)[11]
- Kratke kraće i najkraće drame na svetu (Short, shorter and shortest plays in the world, short dramas, KOV, Vršac, 2008)[12]
Awards
- Two Sterija Awards, awarded by Sterijino pozorje, for newspaper theater critics and for special merits in the promotion of theater arts.
- Knjaževsko-srpski teatar in Kragujevac(1990)
- Foundation "Braća Karić" Award, for journalism
- October Award of Belgrade, for lifetime achievement
- Order of "Knight of Art and Literature", awarded by France, 1992
- Sretenje Order, awarded by Serbia, 2012
External links
- Jovan Ćirilov at IMDb
- Jovan Čirilov page at UNESCO
- David Zarić, Mia. "Intervju: Jovan Ćirilov" (in Serbian). B92. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jovan Ćirilov.
- ^ a b c d Siniša Paunović (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 75.
- ^ a b c d Turudić, Momir (13 September 2007). "Čovek na putu". Vreme. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ "Jovan Ćirilov". Since the establishment in 1967 until now he is the artistic director and selector of BITEF. BITEF. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "Who is Who in 44th BITEF". BITEF Festival. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ "VIII Edizione". Premio Europa per il Teatro (in Italian). Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Palmares". Premio Europa per il Teatro (in Italian). Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Biography". Jovan Ćirilov. BITEF. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ Zoran Milutinović & Will Petersen, Yugoslavia, in Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia pp. 964–965, ed. George E. Haggerty, New York and London: Garland Publishing, 2000
- ^ http://fabrikaknjiga.co.rs/rec/67/317.pdf pp. 324–325, footnote # 31
- ^ RTS, 16. nov 2014, 15:23 "Preminuo Jovan Ćirilov"
- ^ Ćirić, Sonja (28 August 1999). "Najkraće drame na svetu". Vreme (in Serbian). Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ "Ćirilov: "Kratke kraće i najkraće drame na svetu" – drugi deo". Kratke kraće i najkraće drame na svetu (in Serbian). RTV. Retrieved 12 October 2010.