Yves-Alexandre Tripković
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Yves-Alexandre Tripkovic (October 6, 1972) is a French-Croatian
writer, stage director and translator. He is best known as a “Slavic” prize winner for the best first book (Hermesov poucak, 2006).
father and Japanese mother. He spent his childhood moving between Paris, Tokyo and Zagreb
. After high school graduation in Zagreb, Croatia, moved to Paris where lives up to day. He obtained master degree in Slavistics
(Etudes Slaves) at Sorbonne
(University of Paris
). In 2003 he has founded a publishing house Theatroom Noctuabundi in order to promote new theatrical tendencies and promote theatrical polyphony.
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
writer, stage director and translator. He is best known as a “Slavic” prize winner for the best first book (Hermesov poucak, 2006).
Biography
Yves-Alexandre Tripkovic is a son of CroatianCroats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
father and Japanese mother. He spent his childhood moving between Paris, Tokyo and Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
. After high school graduation in Zagreb, Croatia, moved to Paris where lives up to day. He obtained master degree in Slavistics
Slavistics
Slavic studies or Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was primarily a linguist or philologist who researches Slavistics, a Slavic or Slavonic scholar...
(Etudes Slaves) at Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
(University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
). In 2003 he has founded a publishing house Theatroom Noctuabundi in order to promote new theatrical tendencies and promote theatrical polyphony.
Stage Director
- Closer by Patrick MarberPatrick MarberPatrick Albert Crispin Marber is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
, Festival à contre sens, Paris, 2010 - Tulipe ou la Protestation by Romain GaryRomain GaryRomain Gary was a French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice .- Early life :Gary was born in Vilnius under the name Roman Kacew...
, Théâtre de Nesle, Paris, 2009 - Creont's Antigone by Miro GavranMiro GavranMiro Gavran is a contemporary Croatian author of short stories, fiction and drama. His works have been translated into 35 languages, and his books have come out in 150 different editions at home and abroad. His dramas and comedies have had more than 200 theatre first nights around the world and...
, Théâtre de Nesle, Paris, 2005
Translations
- Stjepan Balent, Le Drugstore du Reel, Theatroom noctuabundi, Paris
- Almir Bašović, RE: Pinocchio, Theatroom noctuabundi, Paris
- Almir Bašović, Visions de l'age d'argent, Theatroom noctuabundi, Paris
- Philippe Videlier, Turska noć, Durieux, Zagreb, 2010
- Barbey d'Aurevilly, O Dendizmu & Georgeu Brummellu, Modernist, Varaždin, 2009
- Mathieu Terence, Tehnosmoza, Novela, Zagreb, 2009
- Simo Mraović, Constantin Craintdieu, Theatroom noctuabundi, Paris, 2008
- Milko Valent, L'Europe Nue, Theatroom noctuabundi, Paris, 2007
- Nedžma, Badem – intimna priča, OceanMore, Zagreb, 2006
- Miro GavranMiro GavranMiro Gavran is a contemporary Croatian author of short stories, fiction and drama. His works have been translated into 35 languages, and his books have come out in 150 different editions at home and abroad. His dramas and comedies have had more than 200 theatre first nights around the world and...
, Comment tuer le président, Theatroom noctuabundi, 2006 - LucianLucianLucian of Samosata was a rhetorician and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.His ethnicity is disputed and is attributed as Assyrian according to Frye and Parpola, and Syrian according to Joseph....
, Pohvala parazitu, Jesenski i Turk, Zagreb, 2005 - Miroslav KrležaMiroslav KrležaMiroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...
, Adam et Eve, Most/The Bridge, Zagreb, 2003
Photography
In early 2011 Tripkovic started to create a serial of photography of people on streets of Tokyo and Paris.Awards
- Marin Držić AwardMarin Držić AwardThe Marin Držić Award is granted by Ministry of Culture of Croatia since 1991. Its goal is to stimulate dramatic and theatrical work. Traditionally, award ceremony is held in Split at opening day of „Marulić days“. Prize includes fee and bronze sculpture made by Damir Matušić.- 2008 :* 1. Davor...
– Krizantema, Disput, Zagreb, 2008 - Slavic for the best first book – Hermesov poučak, Zigo/Katapult, Rijeka, 2006