Simeon or Simyon Simev (born 30 May 1949 in
Štip
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As of the 2002 census, the city ...
) is a
poet
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,
essayist
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and
journalist
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in
North Macedonia
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.
Biography
Simev studied
history
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with history of arts at the
Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in
Skopje
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The territory of Sk ...
. He worked as a high school teacher, associate at the Ministry of Culture, journalist in the First Programme and editor in chief of ''Radio Culture'' (formerly known as ''Third Programme'') in the Macedonian Radio.
Simev has published poetry, essays, studies in newspapers, magazines and periodical publications. His poetry has been published in
Bulgaria
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and Germany.
[Gabriella Schubert (Hg.)]
Makedonien: Prägungen und Perspektiven.
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005. S. 220.
Works
* Соспи (''Snow drift''). Skopje: Tabernakul, 1997. 68 pp. .
* Месечина огрева, сонце изгрева (''The moon shines, the sun rises''). Skopje: Nasha kniga, 1999. 66 pp. .
* Дамга (''Stain''). Skopje: Nasha kniga, 2002. 86 pp. .
* Шарената сенка: живопис, литература, музика (''The motley shadow: Painting, Literature, Music''). Skopje: Makavej, 2008. 159 pp. .
* Ронливи лета море далечно (''Crumbling years faraway sea''). Skopje: Simev S., 2010. 76 pp. .
External links
The official website of Simeon Simev(''In the sand''), "Snow drift".
(''Huntsmen are hunting the night''), "Snow drift".
(''Vermeer or an excerpt from the silence''), "The motley shadow".
References
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1949 births
Living people
People from Štip
Macedonian poets
Macedonian essayists
Radio journalists