▁former ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Theater ▁IT D ▁ ▁Zu ppa ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Philosoph y ▁in ▁Zag reb . ▁He ▁was ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁well - known ▁mag az ines ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁such ▁as : ▁Re ason ▁( 1 9 6 1 - 1 9 6 7 ), ▁Te legraph ▁( 1 9 6 9 - 1 9 7 1 ) ▁and ▁Not ebook ▁( 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 5 ). ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Split ▁Summer ▁festival ▁and ▁the ▁IT D ▁theatre ▁where ▁he ▁gained ▁most ▁fame . ▁He ▁ran ▁the ▁the ater ▁for ▁ 1 1 ▁years ▁( 1 9 6 6 - 1 9 7 7 ) ▁and ▁prov oked ▁the ▁Y ug oslav ▁government ▁with ▁critique ▁plays . ▁He ▁was ▁subsequently ▁forced ▁to ▁shut ▁the ▁the ater ▁down . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁D ram atic ▁Art , ▁University ▁of ▁Zag reb ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁and ▁also ▁as ▁a ▁de an ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁His ▁most ▁notable ▁works ▁are ▁books ▁from ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁literature ▁critique ▁and ▁theory ▁such ▁as : ▁The ▁New ▁European ▁critique ▁ 1 - 3 , ▁Ex c use ▁for ▁the ▁songs ▁and ▁Ly ric ▁and ▁habit . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁books ▁of ▁songs ▁which ▁include : ▁Friend ▁Sil v ester , ▁Life ▁and ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁h unter ▁Luke ▁and ▁De ▁r ation es ▁commun