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Yaşam Özlem Gülseven

Writer/Dramaturg

I'm a writer and dramaturg from Turkey. Also I am on the writing team of TEB Oyun Magazine, a theater magazine published in Turkey for more than 10 years, and I write articles trying to understand the connection of theater with the current.

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Exodus and the Autobiography of War at Tbilisi International Festival
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Exodus and the Autobiography of War at Tbilisi International Festival

5 January 2023

Yaşam Özlem Gülseven interviews Mikheil Charkviani about his work on Exodus, a production that traded grand historical narratives for granular perspectives on the impact of war in Georgia. Their interview, like the production, hinges on an important question: how do we learn to live with the past?