Biljana Srbljanovic

Biljana Srbljanovic is the most famous Serbian playwright. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1970. She wrote five plays for the theatre, and one scenario for the serbian TV series called Otvorena Vrata. Her plays are highly esteemed all over the world, and they have been published and played in about 50 countries. Biljana Srbljanovic is also a part-time lecturer at the Academy of the Dramatic arts in Belgrade. On the 1st of December 1999, she became the first foreign writer who received the price Ernst Toller. She also got the awards Slobodan Selenic, Osvajanje Slobode, Belgrade City Awards, Sterija.

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Biljana Srbljanovic graduated in dramaturgy at the Academy of the Dramatic arts in Belgrade in 1995. The first play she wrote was The Trilogy of Belgrade, which was played for the first time in 1997 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro at the Dramatic Theatre of Yugoslavia. After its huge succes the play was shown in many other countries like Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, England and in the Scandinavian countries.

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In april 1998 her second play Family Stories was created in April 1998 in Belgrade and was played at Atelier 212. The play won the award for the best new play at the Festival Of Novi Sad (Serbia) and was played in Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, the United States, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France etc.

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In December 1999, Biljana Srbljanovic finished the play entitled The Fall which was premiered at the Festival of City-Theatre in Budva (Montenegro) in July 2000. The Fall repeated the succes of her previous plays.

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The world premiere of Supermarket, her fourth play, took place in May 2001 at the Festival of Vienna (Austria). It's still played in many european countries.

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In late 2003 Biljana Srbljanovic finished writing of her fifth play America, Part Two. The play became the most popular play in Serbia in 2003 and 2004, and got a pile of awards. Many people agree that it's her best play until now.

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Biljana Srbljanovic now lives and works in Paris and in Belgrade.

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Playwright: A playwright is someone who writes for the theatre....

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