Mira Trailović
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Trailović on a 2005 Serbian postage stamp.
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Mira Milićević 22 January 1924 Kraljevo, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 7 August 1989 (aged 65) Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | dramaturg, theatre director |
| Years active | 1944-1989 |
| Spouse(s) | Dragoljub Trailović |
Mira Trailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мира Траиловић; née Milićević; 22 January 1924 – 7 August 1989) was a Serbian dramaturg and one of the most distinguished theatre directors in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav theatre. A pioneer of the avant-garde theatre in Eastern Europe, she was one of the founders and a driving force behind the Atelje 212 theater and BITEF, one of the most important European theatre festivals
Born Mira Milićević on 22 January 1924 in Kraljevo, in central Serbia, she was raised by intellectual parents both of whom were professionally involved with French language. Her mother Radmila (née Simić; 1894-1973) taught French while her father Andrej (1893-1973) worked as translator, involved with translating 36 works of French classical literature into Serbian. On her mother’s side, she is a descendant of the cadet branch of the , notable in the 19th century Serbia, both in politics and culture. Progenitor of the branch, Aleksa Simić (1800–72), was three times Prime Minister of Serbia (1843–44, 1853–55, 1856–57), while her great grandfather, Milan Simić (1827–80), was manager of the National Theatre in Belgrade (1871–75, 1877–80). The couple had one more child, a daughter Olga (born 6 June 1931, in Belgrade).
Milićević was a student at the Second girls’ high school in Belgrade and at the Drama section of the Higher Music school. She then enrolled in several studies, which she never finished: technology, architecture (her father’s wish) and art history (even though she was only one exam away from graduating). She finished the Higher Film school and finally graduated as a theatre director at the Belgrade’s Faculty of Drama Arts. In 1967 she would become a professor of the radio direction at her alma mater.
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