Georges Banu | |
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 Banu in 2015 | |
| Born | 22 June 1943 |
| Died | 21 January 2023 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Romanian French |
| Education | Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Theatre critic Professor |
Georges Banu (22 June 1943 – 21 January 2023) was a Romanian-born French writer, theatre critic, and academic.[1]
Born in Buzău on 22 June 1943, Banu studied at the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film. He moved to France in 1973 and became a professor at Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3. He began writing essays on theatre and was notably the author of Théâtre sortie de secours, L'Acteur qui ne revient pas, Notre théâtre, La Cerisaie, L'Homme de dos, and Peter Brook. Vers un théâtre premier.
Banu subsequently became a professor of theatre at the Université catholique de Louvain and was president of the Association internationale des critiques de théâtre from 1994 to 2000. In 1990, he founded the Académie expérimentale des théâtres, which ceased operations in 2001, alongside Michelle Kokosowski. He was co-director of the magazine Alternatives théâtrales and director of the Actes Sud collection "Le temps du théâtre".
Banu died on 21 January 2023, at the age of 79.[2]
