Safet Plakalo
Safet Plakalo | |
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| Born | 4 March 1950 Plakali, Montenegro, Yugoslavia |
| Died | 19 March 2015 (aged 65) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Known for | Founder of Sarajevo War Theatre (SARTR) |
| Notable work | Chamber of Visions / Soba Od Vizije (2003), Fatima the Gracious (1998), Memoirs of Mina Housen (1995), The Shelter (1992), A Doll's Wasteland (1990), Phoenix has burnt in vain (1984) |
| Awards | The Sarajevo Canton Plaque (2015) for the outstanding contribution to the development of arts in Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Best contemporary drama (1991) by the Association of Theatre Critics and Theatrologists of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Best Dramatic Text at the 21st International Theatre Meetings in Brčko (2004). MESS International Theatre Festival Award "Marko Kovačević" for outstanding contribution to theatre criticism (2004). |
Safet Plakalo (4 March 1950 – 19 March 2015) was a Bosnian playwright and poet, theatre critic, journalist, and founder of the Sarajevo War Theatre (Sarajevski ratni teatar, SARTR). He was a prominent figure in Bosnian drama, known for his poetic and modernist theatrical works and his significant role in sustaining cultural life during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Together with Gradimir Gojer, Đorđe Mačkić and Dubravko Bibanović, Plakalo founded SARTR in 1992 as a form of artistic resistance during the war. There he also served as a longtime director and co-wrote the first wartime play of the Bosnian War—Sklonište (The Shelter). Beyond his dramatic writing, he was a respected theatre critic, poet and journalist advocating for Bosnian and Herzegovinian theatrical culture.