Dževad Karahasan

Dževad Karahasan ( born January 25, 1953 in Duvno ) is a Bosnian writer, playwright, essayist and literary critic.

Life

Born a Muslim in Duvno in today's Bosnia - Herzegovina, he received his first formative formation of the Franciscan Fathers. He studied literature and theater studies in Sarajevo, the promotion took place at the University of Zagreb.

1993 Karahasan fled from the embattled city of Sarajevo, which plays a central role in parts of his work.

From 1986 to 1993 Karahasan was a lecturer in drama and dramatic history at the Academy of Arts staged the University of Sarajevo, since 1993 he has guest lecturer at various European universities, including Salzburg, Berlin and Göttingen. 2009 Karahasan was Siegfried Unseld visiting professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Since 1993 Karahasan works as a dramaturg and playwright for ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre. His plays have been played in Austria (Vienna, Krems, Hallein, Eisenstadt, Salzburg, Villach, Klagenfurt), Germany ( Gera, Erfurt, Berlin, Leipzig), Bosnia - Herzegovina ( Sarajevo), Ukraine ( Odessa), Czech Republic ( Prague, Hradec Králové, Brno ), Kosovo ( Prishtina ), Poland ( Szczecin ), Singapore ( Singapore Arts Festival ) and the USA (Washington DC).

In addition to his books Karahasan published numerous articles in various European magazines, also was dramaturge at the National Theater in Sarajevo and town clerk of Graz. Karahasan lives and works in Graz and Sarajevo.

Prices

  • Vaseline Masleša Award, Sarajevo 1981.
  • Yugoslav Roman Price, Sisak 1990.
  • Literature Prize of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebena, 1991.
  • Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book, Vienna 1994.
  • Prix ​​Européen de l' Essai Charles Veillon ( European Essay price Charles Veillon ) Lusanne 1994.
  • Herder Prize, Vienna 1999.
  • Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding, 2004.
  • " Vilenica price " of the Slovenian Writers' Association, Vilenica 2010.
  • Gift of honor at the Heinrich -Heine Society, Dusseldorf, in 2012.
  • Goethe Medal of the Goethe Institute, Weimar, 2012.

Publications

Prose and essays:

  • " The Eastern Divan", Wieser 1993
  • " Diary of deportation ," Wieser 1993
  • " About the exile in the open society " in 1994
  • " Hike over borders," Lettre International, Issue 31, Winter 1995
  • "King legends " Galrev 1996
  • "Citizens Handke, Serbs people" in " the anxiety of the poet from reality ," Steidl 1996
  • "Whether fist to be saved?" in " Freiheit.Gleichheit.Brüderlichkeit. " Bregenz Festival 1996
  • " Schahrijars ring ", Rowohlt 1997
  • " Forms of life" ( theater work jointly with Herbert Gantschacher ), edition selene 1999
  • "The questions on the calendar " edition selene 1999
  • Sara and Serafina. ( Sara i Serafina. ) German by Barbara Antkowiak, Rowohlt, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-87134-409-5.
  • "The Book of Gardens", Island 2002
  • " Poetics of the border " (together with Markus Jaroschka ), Styrian Publishing Company 2003
  • " The night advice," Island 2006
  • "Reports from the dark world," Island 2007
  • "Stay in the mirror ," Lettre International, Issue 94, Autumn 2011
  • " The shadows of the cities," Island 2010

Theater texts:

  • " Al- Mukaffa " Wieser 1994
  • " Povuceni Andjeo / The Delighted Angel " ARBOS 1995
  • "The Concert of Birds" edition selene 1997
  • " Banquet " clearings 2005

Theater:

  • " The wheel of St. Catherine " premiere Sarajevo 1990
  • " Al- Mukaffa " premiere at Theater Akzent Vienna 1994 by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " The song of fools of Europe " Literary installation of a libretto in collaboration with Herbert Gantschacher, world premiere in 1994 at the Künstlerhaus Salzburg by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " Povuceni Andjeo " world premiere in 1995 at the Danube Festival in Krems by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • "The Concert of Birds" premiere in 1997 at the Künstlerhaus Salzburg by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " The Atlas of feeling " premiere in 1999 Frankfurt an der Oder
  • "Babylon or the journey of the beautiful Jutte " premiere in 1999 in the European Cultural Erfurt by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " The Tourist " premiere in 2001 at Vienna's Theater of the moment by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " UROBOS: Project Time" together with Herbert Gantschacher, premiere 2001 at the Singapore Arts Festival by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • "Snow and death " ( for the stage set up by Herbert Gantschacher ) premiere in 2002 at Vienna's Theater of the moment by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " At the edge of the desert " premiered in 2003 in the neuebuehnevillach by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " An old Oriental fable " world premiere in 2004 at Vienna's Theater of the moment by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " The one and the other" world premiere in 2005 at Vienna's Theater of the moment by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " Banquet " premiere 2005 in neuebuehnevillach by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " The Maps of Shadows " premiere in Austrian Sign Language 2011 by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre

Classic edits:

  • " Woyzeck " by Georg Büchner 's dramatic fragment, premiere in 1999 Sarajevo's National Theatre, Austrian premiere in 2007 at Vienna's Theater of the moment by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre
  • " The Death of Empedocles ' fragments of a tragedy by Friedrich Hölderlin edited by Dževad Karahasan (idea) and Herbert Gantschacher ( dramaturgy ) with music of Viktor Ullmann and Wolfgang Danzmayr, world premiere in 2005 at Vienna's Theater of the moment by ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre

Radio plays:

  • " Al- Mukaffa " ORF 1994
  • " The Delighted Angel" ORF 1995 ( Director: Herbert Gantschacher )

CDs:

  • " Al- Mukaffa " ARBOS 1996
  • " The song of fools of Europe " ORF ARBOS 1998
  • " UROBOS: Project Time" Singapore Arts Festival 2001
  • " Banquet " recording studio Weikert ARBOS 2006
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