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Eva Ras

Eva Marija Ras(néeBalaš Vagner,Serbian Cyrillic:Балаш Вагнер;Serbian Cyrillic:Ева Рас;born 1 January 1941) is a Serbian Jewish actress, writer and painter.

Eva Ras
Ева Рас
Born
Eva Marija Balaš Vagner

(1941-01-01)1 January 1941(age 84)
Subotica,Kingdom of Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
EducationFaculty of Dramatic Arts
Alma materUniversity of Arts in Belgrade
Occupation(s)Actress, writer and painter
Years active1963–present

Biography

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Ras was born on 1 January 1941 inSubotica,where she lived and went to school until she was 18, when she started to study acting and dramaturgy inBelgradewhere she now lives. She performed in theatres throughout the formerYugoslaviaandSerbia,on television in series written bySiniša PavićandDragoslav Lazić,and in films directed byDušan Makavejev,Aleksandar Petrović,Živko Nikolić,Emir Kusturica,andFerenc Kardosamong others.

She has published collections of poems:In the Good Old Days,When Mummy Buys Me Some MoneyandBed of Silver,with which she took part in theStruga Poetry Eveningsin 2004; a collection of short stories:From the top of the Moon’s mountain I looked down on my round grave,the novels:Don’t crow after me on the stairs that I’m the most beautiful of all,The Grey Woman,...Cock on the Block...,House for SaleandWith Eve to Paradise,which is about how no nation should be reproached for bad rulers who are always prepared to sacrifice their people, and which appeared inNarodna knjigabookshops towards the end of December 2004 and was sold out in a matter of days[citation needed].

Altogether Eva Ras has published 13 literary works, with“House on Sale”,“With Eve to Paradise”,“Silver Bed”,and“Born Dead”being best known. Her plot is characteristically on the verge of imagined and real.

She is the widow ofRadomir Stević Ras,painteras well as founder and owner of a private theatre during the period of the Communist regime. Their daughter was Kruna Ras, a Serbian writer, who died in 1993 in Paris at age 24.

Awards

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She was hailed by the critics as actress of the year and inHungarywas awarded the Golden Butterfly on the occasion of the Celebration of 100 Years of Film, as well as the award for life’s work Aleksandar Lifka 2005. The Yugoslav National Film Theatre awarded her their Great Seal.

Eva Ras is the winner of Golden Ring 2007 for her creative opus, an award conferred by Feniks Publisher and Makedonija Prezent Foundation for Cultural and Scientific Affirmation. Eva Ras is an academic at Mediterranean Academy 'Brothers Miladinovci'

Ras has been awarded several important domestic literary awards: Woman’s Pen (for...Cock on the Block...,2001); The Kočić Book (forHouse for Sale,2003), Ascendancy of year (forBed of silver,2006) as well as The InternationalMan Booker Peoples' Prizein 2005 for her bookBorn Dead,inTimothy Byford’s translation.[1]

Filmography

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Films

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TV

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Books

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Source:[1]

Literary awards

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  • „Žensko pero “(2001)
  • „Kočićeva knjiga “(2003)
  • „Zlatni hit liber “(2003)
  • „Samsungova nagrada “(2003)
  • „The Man Booker International People's Prize “(2005)
  • Uspon godine (Novi Sad 2005)
  • „Zlatan prsten„ 2007 Skoplje
  • „Nagrada Bejahada “Simha Kabiljo “2007„ Opatija
  • Melniške nights award, Bulgaria, 2012
  • Danilo Kiš award

References

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  1. ^abc"Eva Ras"(in Bosnian). Archived fromthe originalon August 19, 2009.RetrievedJuly 3,2009.
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