Borka Pavićević
Serbiab dramaturge, columnist, activist
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Borka Pavićević (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Борка Павићевић; 5 June 1947 – 30 June 2019) was a Montenegrin born Serbian dramaturge, 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 Борка Павићевић | |
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| Born | June 5, 1947 |
| Died | 30 June 2019 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | University of Arts in Belgrade |
| Organization | CZKD (1994–2019) |
Political party | PSG (2017–2019) |
Biography
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 (CZKD), 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]