Maja Pelević

Maja Pelević has obtained her BA at the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade and a PhD at the University of Arts in Belgrade, Department of Theory of Arts and Media. Her plays (“Orange Peel”, “Me or Someone Else”, “Bollywood”, “Belgrade-Berlin”, “Maybe We Are Mickey Mouse”…) have been translated into many languages and staged throughout Serbia and Europe, and also published in numerous anthologies. Since 2012, she has been active in directing, auteur projects (They Live, Consequences, Hopelessness, Freedom: the Most Expensive Capitalist Word, Lonely Planet), and performing in her own plays. She has received numerous major awards, among which are “Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz” for playwrighting, and Sterija Award for the best contemporary play for Orange Peel and The Last Little Girls. She lives and works in Belgrade and in Bečići. She wishes for the apocalypse.