JETON NEZIRAJ - Playwright
MAUD DINAND
Director of Outreach at Quendra Multimedia and at the La MaMa Trojan Women Project
A world-class playwright who challenges our complacency at every twist and turn.
— F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times, US
A prolific writer . . . caustic, bursting with words and energy . . . Neziraj exhibits a verve that is as joyous and unbridled as it is cynical.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
— Jean-Pierre Thibaudat, Mediapart, France
His writing attempts to build bridges in a world traumatized by conflict and to bring nuanced communication to a world under the deadly grip of Manichaeism.????????????????????????????
— American Theatre, United States.
Neziraj’s plays are inspired by Rock ‘n’ Roll, political cabaret, and the brazenness of William Shakespeare.
— Der Spiegel, Germany
The plays of Jeton Neziraj are raucous, irreverent and absurdist. They invoke Ibsen, Moliere and Kafka.
—????Natasha Tripney, The Guardian, UK.
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In the UNITED STATES
JETON NEZIRAJ’s plays, translated by Alexandra Channer, Fadil Bajraj, Robert Elsie, Janice Mathie-Heck and Hajkuna Hoppe are PUBLISHED by LAERTES BOOKS .
More about those plays : https://www.laertesbooks.org/egret-acting-editions
领英推荐
ONE FLEW OVER THE KOSOVO THEATER - An Anthology of Contemporary Drama from Kosovo - Edited by Sa?a Ili? and Jeton Neziraj.??
Perhaps the first full-throated response to the war in Kosovo to be published in English. It is more than a collection of plays. It is something that verges on a saga.
I think in years to come . . . they will be acknowledged and performed not only as good and worthwhile plays but ones that have value, like Brecht for example, as historical, political, and social documents — Michael Hasted, StageTalk Magazine, UK
The plays in this book are proof that vibrant ideas, subversive laughter, and deeply portrayed characters cannot be silenced.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????— Ariel Dorfman
FORTHCOMING
Jeton Neziraj is the founder and current director of Qendra Multimedia. He is a member of the European Cultural Parliament. He is former director of the National Theater of Kosovo and one of the founders of polip International literature Festival which take place each year in Prishtina.
A playwright and screenwriter, he has been translated into many languages, including French, Italian, German, English, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croat, Slovenian, Macedonian, and Montenegrin.
He has written over twenty-five plays which have been staged and performed throughout Europe and the United States, presented at festivals and performed by a great number of theaters and acting companies, including Volksbuhne/Berlin, Turkish State Theater, National Theater of Podgorica, National Theater of Kosovo, La MaMa Theater/New York, City Garage Theater/Los Angeles, Volkstheater/Vienna, Collective 7/Lyon, Theatre de Vidy/Lausanne etc…
Full list of his work can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton_Neziraj
Please contact his theater agents to get acquainted with his work: www.jetonneziraj.com
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Human rights and social impact consultant
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