Ivica Buljan (born 29 March 1965) is a Croatian theater director, playwright, theater critic, and educator whose work is widely known in Croatia and performed around the globe.

Career

Buljan studied political science, French, and comparative literature at the

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. During his studies, worked as a writer for magazines including ''Polet'' and ''Start''. He has served as a regular theater critic for

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. He is also a member of the editorial boards of the theater show ''Novi Prolog'' and the theoretical theater journal ''Frakcija'' (English: ''Fraction''). Buljan is also associated with the international theater magazines ''Primer Acto'' (Madrid), ''Ubu'' (Paris, London), Mask (Ljubljana). Buljan's work as a theater director includes both directing works and running multiple groups and festivals. Buljan's work has been performed at international festivals in more than 30 different countries. Drawing on

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, his theater focuses on the actor's presence.BWW Newsdesk.
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from 1998 to 2002. In 1999, during his tenure, the Croatian National Theatre joined the European Theater Convention. Buljan is also the co-founder and artistic director of the Mini theater in Ljubljana as well as the founder and director of the New Theatre in Zagreb. Together with Dubravko Vrgoč, Buljan founded the World Theatre Festival in Zagreb in 2003, and both serve as co-curators and

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s. As an educator, Buljan has taught in

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, and

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, and as a guest lecturer at La MaMa in New York. He is a professor at the National Theatre Academy in

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, France. As a playwright, he worked in Croatia, France, Slovenia and collaborated on more than twenty international projects with directors such as Vito Taufer, Matjaž Pograjc, Christian Colin, Pierre Diependaele, Jean-Michel Bruyere, Krizstof Warlikowski, Eduard Miler, Ivan Popovski and Robert Waltl. He is a member of International Association of ETC in Brussels, the Institute of Mediterranean Theatre in Madrid, and the

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(ITI-UNESCO) in Paris.

Awards

* Borštnik Award (best play in Slovenia, multiple-time winner) * Sterija Award * Vjesnik Award * Dubravko Dujšin Award, 1997, for ''Phaedra''Heiner Muellers Macbeth Directed by Ivica Buljan to Make US Premiere in New York
" ''CCN: Croatian Chronicle Network''. 20 November 2011. Accessed 20 January 2016. * Branko Gavella Award * Petar Brečić Award * City of Havana Award, 2005, for ''Medea Material'' * Prešern Foundation Award * Member of Republic of France's Order of Arts and LettersIvica Buljan chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
" ''La France en Croatie: French Embassy in Croatia.'' 3 February 2015. Accessed 20 January 2016.

Selected publications

* ''Antologija novije francuske drame''. Zagreb : Hrvatski centar ITI-UNESCO, 2006. * Buljan, Ivica, Petra Pogorevc, Polona Petek. "The actorʹs inteptness and my own are the inevitable : an interview with Ivica Buljan." ''Maska'' 19: 91-93. * "Iconoclasm: A View on Theatre." ''Frakcija'' 15 (1999): 8–13. * "Koltes & Succo : love at first sight" ''Slovensko mladinsko gledališče''. Ljubljana, (1995): 4-8. * "Carmen: ah, Carmen ali nekritcni hedonizem Tomaza Pandurja." ''Maska'' 2: 8-9.

References

External links

Buljan's websiteBuljan biography
on Mini-Theater Ljubljana website
Buljan biography
on Croatian National Theater website
Review of ''Pylade''
performed at La Mama ETC in

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