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Which employer did Jovan Ćirilov work for from 1967 to 1985?
Jovan Ćirilov Jovan Ćirilov ( Serbian Cyrillic : Јован Ћирилов ; ; 30 August 1931 – 16 November 2014 ) was a Serbian theatrologist , philosopher , writer , theatre selector , and poet . Biography . Ćirilov was born in Kikinda . the only son of Milivoj Ćirilov , a council clerk , and his wife , Jelica ( née Ivačković ) . His parents later divorced . After finishing school in his home town , he enrolled and graduated philosophy at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in 1955 . He was at the head of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre from 1985–1999 , and before that he had worked as a dramaturge since 1956 , as well in Atelje 212 since 1967 to 1985 . Since establishment in 1967 to 2014 , Jovan was the artistic director and selector of BITEF festival , longest in the history of international theatre festivals . Since 2001 to 2007 , he was the President of the National Commission of Yugoslavia , then Serbia , in UNESCO . He wrote the plays Room for four and House of Silence ( with Miroslav Belović ) , scripts for the Vladimir Slijepčević film Real state of situation , Ward , Where after the rain ( shown in Venice , Moscow and Pula ) , radio plays Windy Roads ( in German language , Radio Hamburg ) , Mechanical secretary and others . Adapted for the stage of The Damned Yard by Ivo Andrić , and together with Belović Discovery , by Dobrica Ćosić . He was the author of novels , several collections of poems , theatrological essays , books of memories , an anthology of plays ( Serbian contemporary drama in English , British and American contemporary drama , The shortest plays in the world , etc... ) and vocabularies . He had translated plays by Christopher Fry , Bertolt Brecht , Jean Genet , Stoppard , Sam Shepard , David Mamet , Marber and the musical Hair . Writer of columns in NIN magazine , ( named Word of the week , since 1986 to this day ) , two columns a week in the Blic newspaper , ( named Pozorištarije and With hands in pockets ) and theater news in the Ludus theatre newspapers . As a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia , he was the first person who publicly called for decriminalisation of male same-sex relations ( sodomy laws ) in the 1980s . He spoke German , English , French , Spanish , Italian , Serbian and studied Chinese . Death . He died in Belgrade after a short illness on 16 November 2014 . He is interred in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in the Belgrade New Cemetery . Works . Published books . - Путовање по граматици , The journey for grammar , poems , 1972 . - Неко време у Салцбургу , Some time in Salzburg , a novel , 1980 . - Узалудна путовања , песме , Trip in vain , songs , 1989 . - Реч недеље , Word of the Week , a collection of articles ( columns ) , 1997 . and 2006 . - Пре и после гнева , Before and after anger , зборник савремене британске драме , repertory of modern British drama , 2001 . - Пре и после Косе , Before and after Kosa , зборник савремене америчке драме , repertory of modern American drama , 2002 . - Сви моји савременици I-II , All of my contemporaries , collection of short biographies , 2010/11 . - Мајке познатих , Mothers of the famous , collection of short biographies , 2011 . Theatrical works . - Путовање по позоришту , Travels in Theatre , 1988 . - Драмски писци моји савременици , Dramatic writers my contemporaries , 1989 . - Позориштарије , Pozorištarije , 1998 . - Дневници , Diaries , 1999 . Dramas , plays and scripts . - Room for four , play ( with Miroslav Belović ) - House of Silence , play ( with Miroslav Belović ) - Real state of situation , scripts for the Vladimir Slijepčević film - Ward , script - Where after the rain , script ( shown in Venice , Moscow and Pula ) - Windy Roads ( in German language , Radio Hamburg ) , radio play - Mechanical secretary , radio play - The Damned Yard by Ivo Andrić , adapted for the stage - Discovery , by Dobrica Ćosić , together with Belović , adapted for the stage Dictionaries . - Речник нових речи , Dictionary of new words , 1982 . - Речник песничких слика , Dictionary of poetic images , 1985 . - Нови речник нових речи , New Dictionary of new words , 1991 . - Српско-хрватски речник варијаната ( иначица ) , Serbo-Croatian Dictionary of variants ( inacica ) , 1989 . And 1994 . Anthologies . - Najkraće drame na svetu ( The shortest plays in the World , short dramas , KOV , Vršac , 1999 ) - Kratke kraće i najkraće drame na svetu ( Short , shorter and shortest plays in the world , short dramas , KOV , Vršac , 2008 ) Awards . - Two Sterija Awards , awarded by Sterijino pozorje , for newspaper theater critics and for special merits in the promotion of theater arts . - The Statuette of Joakim Vujić , awarded by Knjaževsko-srpski teatar in Kragujevac ( 1990 ) - Foundation Braća Karić Award , for journalism - October Award of Belgrade , for lifetime achievement - Order of Knight of Art and Literature , awarded by France , 1992 - Sretenje Order , awarded by Serbia , 2012 External links . - Jovan Čirilov page at UNESCO