Sibila Petlevski (born 11 May 1964) is a
Croatian writer of
Macedonian descent, who is a poet, playwright, and Professor at the
Academy of Dramatic Arts,
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...
.
Biography
Petlevski was born in
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...
on 11 May 1964. Her father was the famous painter
Ordan Petlevski
Ordan Petlevski (24 January 1930, Prilep – 22 January 1997, Zagreb) was a prominent artist working in the media of painting, drawing, graphic arts and illustration.
Education and career
In the early 1950s, Petlevski came to study in Zagreb, wher ...
, and her mother is the painter
Biserka Baretić
Biserka ( mk, Бисерка) is a former hospitality company from Kumanovo, North Macedonia. The company was founded in 1954 consisting of a few bars and restaurants
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to cus ...
.
She graduated with a degree in Comparative Literature and English Language at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb in 1988, and received her master's degree in 1991. Her doctorate was awarded in 1996 with the dissertation "Modernism: Examples from Croatian Theater and Drama and their Central European Context". She is a member of the French ''
L'Académie Mallarmé'' (
fr) and ''l'Académie Européenne de Poésie,'' was President of the Croatian PEN Center (2001-2005) and was a Member of the International Steering Committee of
PEN International
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(2002-2007). She has also been appointed to the jury for the
EU Prize for Literature
The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a European Union literary award. Its aim is to recognise outstanding new literary talents from all over Europe, to promote the circulation and translation of literature among ...
. She is Professor at the
Academy of Dramatic Arts,
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...
.
Her award-winning poetry has been compared to that of
Adriana Škunca (
hr),
Gordana Benić,
Milana Vuković Runjić (
hr) and
Dubravka Oraić Tolić.
Awards
*
Vladimir Nazor Award
The Vladimir Nazor Award ( hr, Nagrada Vladimir Nazor) is a Croatian prize for arts and culture established in 1959 and awarded every year by the Ministry of Culture.
Named after the writer Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), the prize is awarded to C ...
, Annual National Prize for Literature and Arts (1993)
*
Petar Brečić Prize for Theatre Studies (2001)
*
tportal prize for Best Croatian Novel
* Teatar.hr Award - Person of the Year (2013)
References
External links
Post-pandemic Aesthetics by Sibila PetlevskiSibila Petlevski and David Albahari - Interviews
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Living people
1964 births
Croatian women poets
Croatian women novelists
Croatian women academics
People from Zagreb
University of Zagreb alumni
Academic staff of the University of Zagreb
Macedonian diaspora