Sibila Petlevski

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.

Sibila Petlevski
Born (1964-05-11) May 11, 1964
Zagreb
OccupationPoet, playwright, novelist, academic
NationalityCroatian
Notable awardsVladimir Nazor Award
RelativesOrdan Petlevski

Biography

Petlevski was born in Zagreb on 11 May 1964.[1] Her father was the famous painter Ordan Petlevski, and her mother is the painter Biserka Baretić.[2] 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".[3] 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 (2002-2007).[4] She has also been appointed to the jury for the EU Prize for Literature.[5] She is Professor at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Zagreb.[2] Her award-winning poetry has been compared to that of Adriana Škunca (hr), Gordana Benić, Milana Vuković Runjić (hr) and Dubravka Oraić-Tolić (hr).[6][7]

Awards
  • Vladimir Nazor Award, Annual National Prize for Literature and Arts (1993)[8]
  • Petar Brečić Prize for Theatre Studies (2001)[8]
  • tportal prize for Best Croatian Novel[9]
  • Teatar.hr Award - Person of the Year (2013)

References
  1. Messerli, Douglas (1995). 50, a Celebration of Sun & Moon Classics. Sun & Moon Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-55713-152-2.
  2. Dugandzija, Mirjana (6 September 2020). "'Nisu ni revolucije što su bile. Ljudi izlaze na ceste i bune se protiv razuma! Protiv maske'". Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  3. Petlevski, Sibila (1996). Modernizam: primjeri iz hrvatskog kazališta i drame i njihov srednjoeuropski kontekst: doktorska disertacija (Thesis). Zagreb: S. Petlevski.
  4. "Sibila Petlevski". www.sibilapetlevski.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  5. "| EU Prize for Literature". www.euprizeliterature.eu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  6. Ramet, Sabrina P. (2010-11-01). Gender Politics in the Western Balkans: Women and Society in Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav Successor States. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-04306-7.
  7. "Jutarnji list - Tajna nove premoći žena u književnosti: U godini krize pokazale se superiorne". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  8. "Sibila Petlevski". www.poetryinternational.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  9. "Activities Details | Hrvatski Telekom d.d." www.t.ht.hr. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
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