Croatian Association of Theatre Critics and Theatre Scholars explained

Croatia Association of Theatre Critics and Theatre Scholars (; or HDKKT) is a professional, nonprofit organization for Croatian theater scholars and critics.

History

The association was founded on 22 October 1975 at its founding assembly in Zagreb and registered into the Civil Association Register on 9 March 1976.

HDKKT is a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics (AICT/IACT) and collaborates with the International Federation for Theatre Research (FITR/IFTR). It was founded with a goal to develop and promote the quality of the profession, cooperation with other similar associations and theatres in Croatia and abroad, and to protect the moral and material interests of its members. The association's structure comprises: Assembly, Executive Committee and President, Supervisory Committee, and Court of Honour. The association was first based at Ilica 42 and later at Amruševa Street 19, in Zagreb. It has about 50 active members and 15 retired, and since 2013 dance critics are also admitted.

The association is funded by Croatia's Ministry of Culture. Shortly after its foundation, HDKKT launched Theatrology Library (Teatrologijska biblioteka) with Nikola Batušić as editor in chief, and from 1979 till 1992 thirty-three titles were published. In 1994 Theatrology Library merged with Library Prolog (Biblioteka Prolog), former CKD, which was inherited by AGM (Zagreb). The new library was named Actor's Booklet Prolog (Glumišna knjižnica Prolog) with an editorial board of Nikola Batušić, Branko Hećimović and Igor Mrduljaš. From 1992 till 1997 the library published eleven books in cooperation with AGM, after which AGM completely took over the publishing activities.

In the 1980s, the association introduced the Award for the Best Play of the Season through a members' survey.

Demeter's Award

Since 2012, HDKKT has awarded the Demeter's Award for Lifetime Achievement. The first one was awarded to one of the founders of HDKKT, president, historian and theatrologist, in 2012; the second wnet to secretary general, president, critic and theatrologist in 2013; and the third went to theatrologist, critic, educator and president of HDKKT . The Demeter Award is awarded on the day of publication of Dimitrija Demeter's critique of the first professional play in Croatian, Juran i Sofija by Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, in the journal Danica ilirska on 13 July 1840, which is considered the beginning of the Croatian theatre criticism.^[1]

List of awardees

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 Antonija Bogner Šaban

Managing authority

Executive Committee

Sanja Nikčević (president), Alen Biskupović (secretary general), Mira Muhoberac, Antonija Bogner Šaban, Martina Petranović

Supervisory Committee

Andrija Tunjić, Goran Ivanišević, Anđela Vidović

Court of Honour

Boris Senker, Olga Vujović, Tomislav Kurelec

Former presidents and secretaries generals

Presidents

(1976–1980), (1980–1982), Marija Grgičević (1982–1984), (1984–1988), (1988–1991), (1991–1993), Antonija Bogner Šaban (1993–2001), (2001–2005), (2005–2010) and Sanja Nikčević (2010 –).

Secretaries general

Giga Gračan (1976–1978), Igor Mrduljaš, Branko Vukšić (1991–1993), (1993–2001), Sanja Nikčević (2001–2010), Ljubica Anđelković (2010–2012), Lidija Zozoli (2012 – 13 June 2014), Alen Biskupović (13 June 2014 –)

Theatre Research Library: List of editions

1. Slavko Batušić Croatian: Od Griča do Lutecije, Zagreb, 1979. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Petar Selem
2. Frano Čale Croatian: Na mostu Thalija, Zagreb, 1979. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Petar Selem
3. Petar Selem Croatian: Otvoreno kazalište, Zagreb, 1979. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Igor Mrduljaš (tajnik)
4. Branko Hećimović Croatian: Dramaturški triptihon, Zagreb, 1979. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Petar Selem
5. Marko Fotez Croatian: Kazališna hodočašća, Zagreb, 1981. ed. Nikola Batušuć, for publisher Branko Hećimović
6. Georgij Paro Croatian: Iz prakse, Zagreb, 1981. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Branko Hećimović
7. Petar Selem Croatian: Množenje mjesta, Zagreb, 1983., ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Marija Grgičević
8. Frano Čale Croatian: Igre u Njarnjas-gradu, Zagreb, 1984. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Marija Grgičević
9. Igor Mrduljaš Croatian: Dramski vodič. Od Vojnovića do Matišića, Zagreb, 1984. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Marija Grgičević
10. Nikola Batušić Croatian: Skrovito kazalište, Zagreb, 1984. ed. Boris Senker, for publisher Marija Grgičević
11. Tihomil Maštrović Croatian: Hrvatsko kazalište u Zadru, Zagreb, 1985. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
12. Boris Senker Croatian: Kazališni čovjek Milan Begović, Zagreb, 1985. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Igor Mrduljaš
13. Ivo Hergešić Croatian: Zapisi o teatru, Zagreb, 1985. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
14. Milutin Cihlar Nehajev Croatian: Izabrani kazališni spisi, Zagreb, 1986. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
15. Marko Marulić Croatian: Drame, Zagreb, 1986. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
16. Mani Gotovac Croatian: Dubrovačke mišolovke, Zagreb, 1986. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
17. Dalibor Foretić Croatian: Borba sa stvarima. Krležin teatar 1972-1986., Zagreb, 1986. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
18. Ljudevit Galic Croatian: Glumčeva ratna zapamćenja, Zagreb, 1987. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
19. Nedjeljko Fabrio Croatian: Kazalištarije, Zagreb, 1987. ed. Nikola Batušić for publisher Boris Senker
20. Čedo Prica Croatian: Stvarnost i iluzija, Zagreb, 1987. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
21. Boris Senker Croatian: Begovićev scenski svijet, Zagreb, 1987. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
22. Marijan Matković Croatian: Miroslav Krleža, život i djelo, Zagreb, 1988. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
23. Eliza Gerner Croatian: Osvrnuh se sjetno, Zagreb, 1988. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
24. Antonija Bogner Šaban Croatian: Marionete osvajaju Zagreb, Zagreb, 1988. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Boris Senker
25. Igor Mrduljaš Croatian: Dubravko Dujšin, poslovi i dani, Zagreb, 1988. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
26. Božidar Violić Croatian: Lica i sjene, Zagreb, 1989. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
27. Mladen Englesfield Croatian: Hrvatski prevoditelji Shakespearea, Zagreb, 1989. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
28. Lada Čaće-Feldman Croatian: Brešanov teatar, Zagreb, 1989. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
29. Tomislav Durbešić Croatian: Eto tako, Zagreb, 1989. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
30. Georgij Paro Made in USA, Zagreb, 1990. ed. Nikola Batušić
31. Nikola Vončina Croatian: Kazalište, radio, televizija, Zagreb, 1990. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
32. Boris Senker Croatian: Pogled u kazalište, Zagreb, 1990. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio
33. Ivan Lozica Croatian: Izvan teatra. Teatribilni oblici folklora u Hrvatskoj, Zagreb, 1990. ed. Nikola Batušić, for publisher Nedjeljko Fabrio

Glumišna knjižnica Prolog (in cooperation with AGM, Zagreb, only titles including HDKKT as co-publisher)

1. Antonija Bogner Šaban Croatian: Tragom lutke i pričala, Zagreb, 1994.
2. Tahir Mujičić, Boris Senker Croatian: vokrležje ili Dva fašnika, Zagreb, 1994.
3. Tomislav Bakarić Croatian: Malleus maleficarum. Drame, Zagreb, 1994.
4. Igor Mrduljaš Ad hoc cabaret, Zagreb, 1995.
5. Nikola Vončina Croatian: Stvaralaštvo svjetskog ugleda, Zagreb, 1995.
6. Ivan Kušan Croatian: Svrha od slobode. Drame, Zagreb, 1995.
7. Branko Hećimović Croatian: Razgovori s Pometom, Desdemonom, i poljskim Židovom, AGM, Zagreb, 1995.
8. Antonija Bogner Šaban Croatian: Kazališni Osijek, Zagreb, 1997.
9. Igor Mrduljaš Croatian: Dramski vodič. Od Vojnovića do Matišića, Zagreb, 1997. ed. Bože Ćović
10. Cecily Berry Croatian: Glumac i glas, Zagreb, 1997.
11. Tomislav Bakarić Croatian: Mrtva priroda s pticom, Zagreb, 1997.

External links

Notes and References

http://www.hdkkt.hr/index.php/demetrova-nagrada Croatian Association of Theatre Critics and for Theatre Research: Demeter's Award for Lifetime Achievement