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 (age 59)
Zagreb
OccupationPoet, playwright, novelist, academic
NationalityCroatian
Notable awardsVladimir Nazor Award
RelativesOrdan Petlevski

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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.[citation needed] 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.[6][7]

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  1. ^ Messerli, Douglas (1995). 50, a Celebration of Sun & Moon Classics. Sun & Moon Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-55713-152-2.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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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