Žanka Stokić award explained
The Žanka Stokić (Serbian: Жанка Стокић) is the distinguished award for acting in Serbian theater. It is awarded only to actresses.
History of the award begins in 2001 when famous Serbian actress Mira Stupica (1923-2016) celebrated her 60-years of acting. On the stage, she publicly called for establishing the Velika Žanka award (Great Žanka), in honor of Žanka Stokić (1887-1947), today generally considered the best theatrical Serbian actress ever. Ill-fated Žanka, once the most celebrated Serbian actress was jailed and condemned (nearly being executed in the process) by the Communist regime in the post-war Yugoslavia as a collaborator during World War II, simply because she was performing during the war years.[1] [2]
Mira Stupica and her husband, famous Slovenian-Yugoslav theatrical director and theater manager Bojan Stupica were great admirers of Žanka Stokić, and Bojan Stupica managed to convince new authorities to let her act again, but she died before she returned to the stage. Also, Mira Stupica pointed out that there are no appropriate awards for actresses in their prime, when they are too old for the debutant awards and still too young for the life-time awards.[1]
In 2002 it was announced that new annual award will be established next year, under the name of Žanka Stokić award. Stupica was the president for life of the award jury.[2] [3] In 2020, it was announced that the award will become biennial, initially for the 2020–2021 period.[4]
Laureates
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Notes and References
- Web site: Glumica 20. veka: Po ovome ćemo pamtiti Miru Stupicu . Actress of the 20th century: This is why we will remember Mira Stupica . 19 August 2016 . Alo . Serbian.
- News: Borka Golubović Trebješanin . Горици Поповић награда "Жанка Стокић" . "Žanka Stokić" awarded to Gorica Popović . Politika . 17 . Serbian . 11 May 2019.
- Web site: Tužna godina bez Mire Stupice: Njen glas bio je orkestracija emocija, a njen osmeh cela scena . Sad year without Mira Stupica: Her voice was an orchestration of emotions and her smile was the entire stage . 19 August 2017 . Gloria . Serbian .
- News: SeeCult . Konkurs za bijenalnu nagradu Žanka Stokić za 2020. i 2021. . Competition for the biennial award Žanka Stokić for 2020 and 2021 . SeeCult.org . sr . 27 May 2021 .
- Web site: "Žanka" za nezaborav . Vukica Strugar . "Žanka" for non-oblivion . 9 January 2003 . . Serbian .
- Web site: Prekobrojna među zvezdama . Vukica Strugar . Prekobrojna among the stars . 8 February 2004 . Večernje Novosti . Serbian .
- Web site: "Žanka" Radmili . "Žanka" for Radmila . 21 January 2005 . . Serbian .
- Web site: Nagrada "Žanka Stokić" Djurdjiji Cvetić . "Žanka Stokić" award goes to Đurđija Cvetić . 8 February 2006 . Mondo . Serbian .
- Web site: "Žanka Stokić" Ružici Sokić . "Žanka Stokić" for Ružica Sokić . 16 February 2007 . Blic . Serbian .
- Web site: "Žanka" Seki Sablić . Vukica Strugar . "Žanka" for Seka Sablić . 29 January 2008 . Večernje Novosti . Serbian .
- Web site: Гордана Ђурђевић Димић у четвртак добија Жанкину награду . Gordana Đurđević Dimić receives Žanka's award in Thursday . 23 March 2009 . . Serbian .
- Web site: Dara Džokić dobitnica nagrade "Žanka Stokić" . Tanjug . Tanjug . Dara Džokić laureate of the "Žanka Stokić" award . 25 February 2010 . Radio Television of Vojvodina . Serbian .
- Web site: Karanović: Najveća nagrada u životu . Vukica Strugar, M.Mirković . Karanović: the greatest award in (my) life . 6 March 2011 . Večernje Novosti . Serbian .
- Web site: Ljiljani Blagojević "Žanka Stokić" . Borka G. Trebješanin . "Žanka Stokić" for Ljiljana Blagojević . 27 February 2012 . . Serbian .
- Web site: Glumici Ljiljani Stjepanović nagrada "Žanka Stokić" . Beta . Actress Ljiljana Stjepanović awarded with the "Žanka Stokić" award . 23 March 2013 . Politika . Serbian .
- Web site: Mira Banjac dobitnica nagrade "Žanka Stokić" . Mira Banjac laureate of "Žanka Stokić" award . 10 March 2014 . Večernje Novosti . Serbian .
- Web site: Nagrada "Žanka Stokić" uručena Aniti Mančić . Vukica Strugar . "Žanka Stokić" award handed out to Anita Mančić . 29 March 2015 . . Serbian .
- Web site: Jasni Đuričić nagrada "Žanka Stokić" . Tanjug . Jasna Đuričić awarded the "Žanka Stokić" award . 8 April 2016 . Blic . Serbian .
- Web site: "Žanka" Olgi Odanović . Vukica Strugar . "Žanka" for Olga Odanović . 29 March 2017 . Večernje Novosti . Serbian .
- Web site: Nataša Ninković dobitnica Nagrade "Žanka Stokić" . K.D. . Nataša Ninković laureate of the "Žanka Stokić" award . 22 March 2018 . . Serbian .
- Web site: Glumica Tanja Bošković dobitnica Nagrade "Žanka Stokić" . Actress Tanja Bošković laureate of the "Žanka Stokić" award . 23 December 2021 . . sr .