Ognjenka Milićević

Director, acting professor, and theatre expert. Born in Banja Luka, she went on to make enormous contributions to theatre, TV, radio and education in the former Yugoslavia. She studied at the Leningrad State Institute of Theater Arts (LGTI) and the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where she graduated in 1952 . She was a director at the National Theater in Sarajevo (1948-1950) and the National Theater in Belgrade (1950-1959). She was an professor at the FDA in Belgrade since 1950 and dean from 1967 to 1969 . She has been the vice - rector of the University of Arts in Belgrade 1970-72. She translated dozens of works from the Russian language, is the author of numerous essays , studies and professional papers and books in the field of theater, acting and directing.