Krystian Lupa
| Krystian Lupa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 November 1943 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland |
| Alma mater | Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts |
| Occupation | stage director |
| Years active | 1977-present |
| Awards | Swinarski Award (1988) Schiller Award (1992) Witkacy Prize (2000) Europe Theatre Prize (2009) |
| Honours |
Gold Gloria Artis Medal, Order of Polonia Restituta, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art |
Krystian Lupa (born 7 November 1943) is a Polish theatre director, set designer, playwright, translator and pedagogue. He has been called "the greatest European living theatre director".
He studied physics on Jagiellonian University in Krakow, in 1963-1969 he studied graphics on Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, also film directing on National Higher School of Film in Łódź and finally, theatre directing on Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts. In Lodz he started to collaborate with Konrad Swinarski, he was also influenced by works of Tadeusz Kantor. After the studies he started working in Old Town Theatre in Krakow and also in Cyprian Kamil Norwid Theatre in Jelenia Góra. Lupa is famous for his specific methods of working with the text and actors in very organic way also calling as „laboratory rehearsals“.
During his career he made a lot of notable productions based on texts of Robert Musil, Thomas Bernhardt, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Rainer Maria Rilke, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz or Witold Gombrowicz.
He was awarded with numerous prominent awards which include Gold Gloria Artis Medal, Order of Polonia Restituta, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
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