Tanja Šljivar
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Tanja Šljivar

Tanja Šljivar was born in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia, in 1988 and studied dramaturgy at the Faculty of drama arts in Belgrade and applied theater studies at JLU in Giessen. Her plays have been publicly read and produced in professional theaters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Spain, Poland, Austria, Finland, Slovakia, USA, and Germany. In 2019 she worked as an artistic director of the drama department at the National Theater in Belgrade. National Theatre is her first novel.
Tanja Šljivar was born in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia, in 1988 and studied dramaturgy at the Faculty of drama arts in Belgrade and applied theater studies at JLU in Giessen. Her plays have been publicly read and produced in professional theaters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Spain, Poland, Austria, Finland, Slovakia, USA, and Germany. In 2019 she worked as an artistic director of the drama department at the National Theater in Belgrade. National Theatre is her first novel.

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National Theatre
Year of Publication: 2025
Tanja ŠljivarYear of Publication: 2025
The dramaturg who has just taken up one of the most esteemed positions at the Serbian National Theatre in Belgrade, namely head of the acting department, is young. Just 30 years of age. The National Theatre, on the other hand, is anything but young. With 150 years of tradition behind it, it is a rather conservative emblem of a country that itself remains rather conservative.

This debut...