Kaća Čelan (born August 5, 1956 in Ratkovo, SR Serbia, FPR
Yugoslavia) is an award-winning writer, director, theatre and acting
expert, professor and actress. She is internationally known for being
awarded the first prize for the best German-language play from the
Bund der Theatergemeinden (Alliance of the German Theatre Community)
for her play Heimatbuch among other awards.Kaća Čelan (Serbian
Cyrillic: Каћа Челан) was born and grew up in Ratkovo
(Odžaci), SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia; an area in the multicultural and
multifaceted region of Vojvodina, dominated by five cultures and
languages: Serbian, Hungarian, German, Ukrainian (Rusyn) and Czech,
which influenced and shaped her early childhood. She graduated from
the scientific high school in Odžaci and its rigorous classical
curriculum with straight A's as best student of her generation.After
finishing her high school education, she chose the city of Sarajevo as
her "home of choice". Her studies in the Olympic metropolis included
comparative literature, theatre studies, and acting at the University
of Sarajevo. Following her studies, she founded Teatar Amfiteatar
Sarajevo (TAS) theatre, which she ran for seven years. ÄŒelan has also
worked as a directing professor at the Academy for Scenic Arts,
Sarajevo. Her awards have included Best Young Actress in Socialist
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Yugoslavian award for
avant-garde Arts, and Best Director award at the Avant-garde Theatre
Festival in Socialist Republic of Montenegro. She has been the
production director of the International Theatre Festival in Kotor,
Montenegro. As a theatre academic she held fellowships in Moscow and
Vienna.Prior to the siege of Sarajevo, ÄŒelan moved to Ljubljana,
Slovenia, where she worked as a writer and director for a year. With a
fellowship from the German cultural department and the Heinrich Böll
Foundation in hand, she moved to Germany in 1993. In the Böll-House,
she founded the TAS theatre in exile, and during its first project,
Project 3, she toured well-known German theatres such as the Munich
Kammerspiele and Hamburg's Thalia Theater. In 1999 she founded her
acting school, the ÄŒelan Theatre School at Burgau Castle, where her
theatre was based as well. In 1995, ÄŒelan won the first prize for the
best German-language play from the Bund der Theatergemeinden (Alliance
of the German Theatre Community) for her play Heimatbuch. That was
followed by the International Award, Kristal Vilenice, for poetry in
1996. The next year the Cultural Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
awarded her the prize in theatre literature.
Yugoslavia) is an award-winning writer, director, theatre and acting
expert, professor and actress. She is internationally known for being
awarded the first prize for the best German-language play from the
Bund der Theatergemeinden (Alliance of the German Theatre Community)
for her play Heimatbuch among other awards.Kaća Čelan (Serbian
Cyrillic: Каћа Челан) was born and grew up in Ratkovo
(Odžaci), SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia; an area in the multicultural and
multifaceted region of Vojvodina, dominated by five cultures and
languages: Serbian, Hungarian, German, Ukrainian (Rusyn) and Czech,
which influenced and shaped her early childhood. She graduated from
the scientific high school in Odžaci and its rigorous classical
curriculum with straight A's as best student of her generation.After
finishing her high school education, she chose the city of Sarajevo as
her "home of choice". Her studies in the Olympic metropolis included
comparative literature, theatre studies, and acting at the University
of Sarajevo. Following her studies, she founded Teatar Amfiteatar
Sarajevo (TAS) theatre, which she ran for seven years. ÄŒelan has also
worked as a directing professor at the Academy for Scenic Arts,
Sarajevo. Her awards have included Best Young Actress in Socialist
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Yugoslavian award for
avant-garde Arts, and Best Director award at the Avant-garde Theatre
Festival in Socialist Republic of Montenegro. She has been the
production director of the International Theatre Festival in Kotor,
Montenegro. As a theatre academic she held fellowships in Moscow and
Vienna.Prior to the siege of Sarajevo, ÄŒelan moved to Ljubljana,
Slovenia, where she worked as a writer and director for a year. With a
fellowship from the German cultural department and the Heinrich Böll
Foundation in hand, she moved to Germany in 1993. In the Böll-House,
she founded the TAS theatre in exile, and during its first project,
Project 3, she toured well-known German theatres such as the Munich
Kammerspiele and Hamburg's Thalia Theater. In 1999 she founded her
acting school, the ÄŒelan Theatre School at Burgau Castle, where her
theatre was based as well. In 1995, ÄŒelan won the first prize for the
best German-language play from the Bund der Theatergemeinden (Alliance
of the German Theatre Community) for her play Heimatbuch. That was
followed by the International Award, Kristal Vilenice, for poetry in
1996. The next year the Cultural Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
awarded her the prize in theatre literature.
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