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ON THE PLAYWRIGHT Playwright and director Jean-Luc Lagarce (1957 - 1995) was one of France's most popular and prolific men of the theater before his death in 1995 at age 38. Author of more than twenty plays, director of works by Feydeau, Gozzi, lonesco, Marivaux and Moliere, he was also artistic director of Le Théâtre de la Roulotte in Besançon. Lagarce was born in Franche Comté, on February 14,1957. He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Besançon and theater at the Conservatory of Besançon, where he wrote his first plays. From 1985 to 1995, plays and directing jobs followed at a frenetic pace. During the 90's many of his plays were helmed by major French directors such as Norday, Jouanneau, Py, Rancillac and Canterella. His plays were translated in German, English, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, and Arab. He won the Leonard de Vinci and Centre National de Lettres prizes. ON THE DIRECTOR Vlatko Hie was born in 1981 in Belgrade. By directing a play Juste la fin du monde he will obtain a graduate degree in Theatre and Radio Directing at the Faculty of Drama Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade. Since 2001 he has been collaborating with TKH (Walking Theory) Center and Journal for the Performing Arts Theory and Practice. The choice of works directed: Mila by Jelena Popadić, Boško Buha Theatre, Belgrade, 2005; The Closet by Katarina Zdjelar, FISTO! , FDU, Belgrade, 2005; Misssssssss Кby Katarina Zdjelar, a radio piece, FISTOI, FDU, played on the exhibition TkH&Think Performance, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, 2005; Crave by Sarah Kane, National Theatre, FDU, Belgrade, 2004; No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, April's meetings, SKC, Belgrade, 2002. Co-author and one of the performers on the projects; IX Government Constitution of the Kingdom of Koreta, cycle of five performances (work in progress), co-author Vojislav Klačar; The Dracula Project, group of authors. Theatre des Augenblicks, Kaiserliches Hofmobiliendepot, Vienna, Austria, Les Subsistance, Lyon, France, 2002/03; Performing Gender, theoretical performance, group of authors, April's meetings, TkH Centre, SKC, Belgrade, 2002.