Short Biography

Born in Slovenj Gradec, March 27th 1938. B.A. in 1956 at the University of Ljubljana at the Comparative Literature and English Departments. Ph.D. in 1986 at the University of Ljubljana; his thesis was The Term "Expressionism" in German and Slovene Literary Science. In years 1959-61 he worked as a theatre journalist for Slovene radio and televison. In 1967-71 he was Assistant Professor at the AGRFTV (Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television). In 1970 he was one of the founders and the first art director of the Slovene fringe theatre Glej, in 1970-71 he worked with Prof. Richard Schechner as his assistant at Drama Department of New York University and also in his New York based fringe theatre Performance Group (1971-77). In years 1971-78 he was Assistant Professor at the Comparative Literature Department. Then he became the art director of the National Theatre in Ljubljana and worked there until 1982. The following five years he spent as a free launcher, in 1987 he returned to the Comparative Literature Department and in 1992 he became Associate Professor.

Research Fields

Theory of drama;

European literature 1880-1940.

Short Bibliography

• Opombe (Comments) to Zbrano delo Slavka Gruma (Complete Works of Slavko Grum), Ljubljana 1976.
• Ekspresionizem (Expresionism), Literarni leksikon 30, Ljubljana 1986.
• Kje stoji mesto Goga? (Where is Town Goga?), In: S. Grum, Goga, cudovito mesto (Goga, the Marvelous Town), Ljubljana 1987.
• Individualist and Collectivist Models of Terror in German Expressionist Drama, In: Terrorism and Modern Drama, Edinburgh 1990.
• Bartol, Mrzel, Grum (Bartol, Mrzel, Grum), In: Pogledi na Bartola (Aspects of Bartol), Ljubljana 1991.

Translations

Over 30 translations of mainly modern drama from English and German for the needs of Slovene stages, for instance: Edward Albee, Thomas Bernhard, Bert Brecht, Reiner Werner Fassbinder, Peter Handke, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Joe Orton, Sam Shepard, Tom Stoppard, Botho Strauss, George Tabori etc.

Also translations of theoretical works, for instance: Edward Gordon Craig, On the Art of the Theatre, Ljubljana 1995.

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