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Dušan Jovanović

ドゥシャン・ヨヴァノヴィチ

Dušan Jovanović

Pen Names: O. J. TravenPseudonym for the play Ekshibicionist

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-10-01 (Belgrade)
Died
2021-01-01 (Ljubljana) age 81
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene, English, French
Residence History
Belgrade (birth) → Ljubljana (post-war relocation)

Career

Occupations
Theatre director, Playwright, Essayist
Active Years
1963-2021
Affiliations
Mladinsko Theatre (artistic director, 1978-1985), Prešeren Foundation (president, 2005- ), Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (assistant professor, 1989- )

Education

University of Ljubljana
English and French
Country: Slovenia
Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
Stage direction
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Prešeren Foundation Award
1979
Work: Kralj na Betajnovi
Organization: Prešeren Foundation
Result: 受賞
Prešeren Award
1990
Work: theatrical opus of recent years
Organization: Prešeren Foundation
Result: 受賞
Rožanc Award
2008
Work: Svet je drama
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Svet je drama

2007 Essay collection

Essay collection for which he received the Rožanc Award.

TheatreSocial satire

Don Juan na psu ali Zdrav duh v zdravem telesu

1969 Prose

Predstave ne bo

1963 Play

Bibliography

  • Don Juan na psu ali Zdrav duh v zdravem telesu, 1969
  • Predstave ne bo, 1963
  • Norci, 1968
  • Znamke, nakar še Emilija, 1969
  • Igrajte tumor v glavi in onesnaževanje zraka, 1971
  • Življenje podeželskih plejbojev po drugi svetovni vojni ali tuje hočemo, svojega ne damo, 1972
  • Žrtve mode bum bum, 1975
  • Generacije, 1977
  • Vojaška skrivnost, 1983
  • Osvoboditev Skopja, 1977
  • Karamazovi, 1980
  • Viktor ali dan mladosti, 1989
  • Jasnovidka ali Dan mrtvih, 1989
  • Zid, jezero, 1989
  • Antigona, 1996
  • Uganka korajže, 1994
  • Kdo to poje Sizifa, 1997
  • Karajan C/Klinika Kozarcky/Ekshibicionist, 1999
  • Ekshibicionist, 2001
  • Paberki, 1996
  • Moški, ženska, 2000
  • Sobotna knjiga, 2005
  • Svet je drama, 2007

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ExperimentalGrotesque satirical
Recurring Motifs
Theatre of the AbsurdSocial satire

Legacy

Prominent Slovene theatre director, playwright, and essayist known for experimental and grotesque satirical theatre. Received Prešeren Award and served as president of the Prešeren Foundation.