Jelena Lužina (26 May 1950, Dubrovnik); a theatre scientists and a professor at the Faculty of Drama Arts in Skopje.

She graduated Comparative Literature at the University of Zagreb, Croatia in 1972. Received her MA in 1993 and her Ph.D. in 1995 at the St. Cyrill and Methodius University in Skopje.

She is the author of more than three hundred theory and essay studies in the area of theatre science and theory of literature, as well as several monographs. She is also the author of the books Macedonian Folk Play (1996); New Macedonian Plays (1996); Theatralics (2000).

She has inspired and led quite a few scientific and research theatrical projects as well as organised and led several distinguished theatre science symposia in Macedonia and outside it.

She has been working on the Faculty of Drama Art in Skopje since 1990, first as a teaching assistant, and now she is a professor of the subject Macedonian Play and Theatre. She has been teaching Theory and Methodology of the Theatrological Research at the graduate studies since 1999.

Jelena Lužina translating from Croatian to Macedonian (around 20 books) as well as from Macedonian to Croatian language.

 

List of translated books from Macedonian to Croatian:

1. Mateja Matevski, Tree  essays, In: Republika/Zagreb, ?/2007

2. Tome Serafimovski, Creativity and Echo of the Times, essay, In: Tome Serafimovski, monography, HAZU/Zagreb, 2008

3. Luan Starova, Long live memories, essay, In: Forum/Zagreb, ?/2009

4. Kole Casule, A Tribute to Lovro Matacic, essay, In: Rijeci/Sisak, 1-3/2011

5. Dejan Dukovski, Balkan Is Not Dead, script/screenplay, produced by: Kino Oko, Skopje, 2012

6. Olivera Nikolova, The Velvet Counterpane / Baršunasti pokriv, novel, Zagreb: Meandarmedia/2017.