Eine Veranstaltung der Abteilung Bühnen- und Filmgestaltung
Lecture Topic
In the era of dominance of post-dramatic theater, what is
the position of those authors whose only means are words? Using her latest drama as an example (commissioned by the Vienna
Schauspielhaus on the centenary of the First World War), the author will explain her work process - a transformation of historic
material, through a personal political beliefs and credo, into dramatic form.
Biljana Srbljanovic,
Serbian playwright, born in Sweden, taught in the U.S., lived in Azerbaijan, owner of a French passport, a Yugoslav. The author
of a dozen plays and numerous essays and columns for leading European newspapers. In her dramatic expression, she combines
the political and the intimate, writes about family issues that reflects all the key historical moments of war, post-war Yugoslavia.
She won numerous awards for her work, including Ernst Toller Award and Premio Europa A New Theatrical Reality.
