This is a list of Macedonian writers:

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

historians, philosophers, scientists, laboratory specialists, authors, and writers who were born in present-day North Macedonia or published in standard/dialectal Macedonian.

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Gjorgji Abadžiev Gjorgji is a Macedonian given name and may refer to: * Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963), Macedonian prosaist and publicist * Gjorgji Čekovski (born 1979), Macedonian professional basketball player * Gjorgji Hristov (born 1976), Macedonian football ...

(1910–1963), prose writer *

Stojan Andov Stojan Andov (; 30 November 1935 – 18 June 2024) was a Macedonian politician, a founding member of the Liberal Party of Macedonia, and a president of Assembly. Early years and education Stojan Andov was born in Kavadarci, Yugoslavia (now No ...

(1935–2024), author *

Petre M. Andreevski Petre Mito Andreevski (; June 25, 1934 – September 25, 2006) was a Macedonian poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright. His most famous novel is the historical novel '' Pirej'' (1980) and his most famous poetry collection is ''Denicija ...

(1934–2006), writer *

Maja Apostoloska Maja Apostoloska (; born 7 December 1976) is a Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the "Blaže Koneski" Faculty of Philology in Skopje, where she is currently attending Macedonian languag ...

(born 1976) *

Venko Andonovski Venko Andonovski is a Macedonian writer (novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet), essayist, critic and literary theorist. Biography Venko Andonovski graduated from the Faculty of Philology "Blaze Koneski" in Skopje. He holds a PhD in Phi ...

(born 1964), writer

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Rumena Bužarovska Rumena Bužarovska () is a fiction writer, literary translator, and social commentator born in 1981 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. Her book ''My Husband'' (Dalkey Archive Press) has received critical acclaim in Europe and has been adapted into several st ...

(born 1981)

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Dimitrija Čupovski Dimitrija Čupovski (; November 8, 1878 – October 29, 1940) was a Macedonian textbook writer and lexicographer. He is considered one of the most prominent ethnic Macedonians in history and one of the most important actors of the start of Mace ...

(1878–1940) *

Kole Čašule Kole Čašule ( cyrl, Коле Чашуле; March 2, 1921 – September 22, 2009) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian and Yugoslavia, Yugoslav essayist, dramatist, short story writer and ambassador. Čašule was one of the founders of t ...

(1921–2009), prose writer *

Živko Čingo Živko Čingo (also spelt Zhivko Chingo) (13 August 1935 – 11 August 1987) was a Macedonian writer, born in Velgosti, near Ohrid, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Biography He studied literature at the University of Sts Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. ...

(1935–1987), writer *

Ivan Čapovski Ivan Čapovski is a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian writer, poet and novelist. Macedonian: Иван Чаповски; also Ivan Čapovski; Capovskǐ, Ivan; Čapovski, Ivan 1936-; Ivan Čapovski Macedonian writer; Чаповски Иван 1 ...

(1936-)

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Igor Džambazov Igor Džambazov (, ; born 15 July 1963) is a North Macedonia, Macedonian actor, showman, TV presenter, comedian, singer, songwriter, and Prose, prosaist. He was born on July 15, 1963, in Skopje to composer Aleksandar Džambazov and actress w:mk:� ...

(born 1963) * Dimitar Dimitrov (born 1937) *

Lidija Dimkovska Lidija Dimkovska (Macedonian: Лидија Димковска), born 1971, is a Macedonian poet, novelist and translator. She was born in Skopje and studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje. She proceeded to obtain a PhD in Roma ...

(born 1971) * Petre Dimovski

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Bogomil Gjuzel Bogomil Gjuzel (; ; ; 9 February 1939 – 22 April 2021) was a Macedonian poet, writer, playwright and translator. Biography Born in 1939 in Čačak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia to Bulgarian parents, Gjuzel was the son of the Bulgarian revolutionary ...

(1939–2021), poet, writer and playwright *

Ljubčo Georgievski Ljubčo Georgievski (, ; ; born 17 January 1966) is a Macedonian politician and writer who served as the only Vice President of Macedonia from January to October 1991 and as the Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1998 to 2002. He advocated for th ...

(born 1966), poet and writer *

Kiro Gligorov Kiro Gligorov (, ; 3 May 1917 – 1 January 2012) was a Macedonian and Yugoslav statesman, economist, and politician who served as the first president of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 1991 to 1999. He was born and raised ...

(1917–2012), author

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* Stojan Hristov (1898–1996)

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Vasil Iljoski Vasil Iljoski (; December 20, 1902 – November 1, 1995) was a Macedonian writer, dramatist, professor and an important figure in Macedonian literature, especially in Macedonian drama between the two World Wars. Biography Vasil Iljoski was bo ...

(1902–1995), playwright

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* Meto Jovanovski (born 1928) *

Slavko Janevski Slavko Janevski (January 11, 1920 – January 20, 2000) was a Macedonian poet, prose and script writer. He was also active as a comics artist.Tomislav Osmanli„Razvojot na stripot vo Makedonija – sedum decenii stripovno tvoreštvo“ ''Strip ...

(1920–2000), prose writer *

Mišo Juzmeski Misho Yuzmeski ( / Misho Juzmeski or (older form) Mišo Juzmeski), (Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, 7 April 1966 – 30 April 2021) was a Macedonian writer, publisher and photographer. Biography Misho Yuzmeski worked as a guide, travel agent and ...

(born 1966)

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Aco Karamanov Aco Karamanov (; ; January 31, 1927 - October 7, 1944) was a poet and partisan. In North Macedonia he is considered a Macedonian, while in Bulgaria he is considered a Bulgarian. Karamanov was born in Radoviš, then in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats ...

(1927–1944) *

Risto Kirjazovski Risto Kirjazovski ( (6 January 1927 – 3 October 2002) was a Macedonian historian, scientist and publisher. He fought as a Partisan in the NOF, and also participated in the Greek Civil War. After 1949 he fled from Macedonia, Greece to SR M ...

(1927–2002) *

Blaže Koneski Blaže Koneski ( Macedonian and ; 19 December 1921 – 7 December 1993) was a Macedonian poet, writer, literary translator, and linguistic scholar, who had a major contribution to the codification of the standard Macedonian language, for which ...

(1921–1993), linguist and writer *

Savo Kostadinovski Savo Kostadinovski (; born May 30, 1950) is a Macedonian-German writer and translator. Life and career Savo Kostadinovski was born in Gorno Botušje, municipality of Makedonski Brod, in present-day North Macedonia. He attended elementary scho ...

(born 1950) *

Risto Krle Risto Krle (, ; September 3, 1900 – October 29, 1975) (born in Struga, present-day North Macedonia during the Ottoman Empire) was a Macedonian playwright and the son of a shoe maker. Many interruptions made his schooling difficult. As a t ...

(1900–1975), playwright *

Katica Kulavkova Katica Kulavkova (Macedonian: Катица Ќулавкова, born 1951) is a Macedonian writer and academic. She has published over forty books, including twenty collections of poetry. Kulavkova is a professor in the philology faculty at the Ss ...

(born 1951), writer

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Vlado Maleski Vlado Maleski (; 5 September 1919 – 23 September 1984) was a Macedonian writer, publisher and partisan. He published several novels and short stories, was the author of the Macedonian national anthem "Denes nad Makedonija" (), and the script f ...

(1919–1984), prose writer *

Stefan Markovski Stefan Markovski () is a Macedonian writer, screenwriter, poet, philosopher and translator. Biography Markovski was born in Gevgelija in 1990, where he finished his primary and secondary education. In 2009 he moved to Skopje, graduating on the ...

(born 1990) *

Krste Misirkov Krste Petkov Misirkov (, ; ; Serbian Cyrillic: Крста Петковић Мисирков; ; 18 November 1874 – 26 July 1926) was a philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer from the region of Macedonia. In the period between 1903 ...

(1874–1926), writer and author of '' On Macedonian Matters'' *

Venko Markovski Venko Markovski ( Bulgarian and ), born Veniyamin Milanov Toshev (; ; March 5, 1915 – January 7, 1988) was a Bulgarian and Macedonian writer, poet, partisan and Communist politician. Biography Born on March 5, 1915, in Skopje, Kingdom of Se ...

(1915–1988), poet *

Mateja Matevski Mateja Matevski (13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator. Career Matevski was born on 13 March 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey to an Albanians, Albanian family of the Eastern Orthodox ...

(1929–2018), poet

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Kole Nedelkovski Kole Nedelkovski (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and ; December 16, 1912 – September 2, 1941) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian poet. He was a member of the Macedonian Literary Circle and he published two poetry books. Nedelkovski is ...

(1921–1941), poet

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Georgi Pulevski Georgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji, Gjorgjija Pulevski or Đorđe Puljevski ( or Ѓорѓија Пулевски, , ; 1817 – 13 February 1893), was a Mijak revolutionary, self-styled lexicographer, self-taught grammarian, historian, te ...

(1817–1895) * Mihail Petrusevski (1911–1990) *

Anton Panov Anton Panov (Macedonian: Антон Панов, ; 1906 in Dojran – 1967 in Strumica) was a Macedonian writer. He wrote several plays in Macedonian in the period between the two world wars. His most important play is ''Pecalbari'', played in th ...

(1906–1967), playwright *

Božin Pavlovski Božin Pavlovski (Macedonian language, Macedonian: ''Божин Павловски'') is a Macedonian-Australian novelist whose works have been translated into more than twenty languages. He is a novelist–mediator between two cultures whose n ...

(born 1942), prose writer * Pande Petrovski (1943–2006) General

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Blaže Ristovski Blaže Ristovski (March 21, 1931, Garnikovo, Kavadarci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – November 28, 2018, Skopje, Macedonia, both in present-day North Macedonia) was a Macedonian linguist, folklorist and historian. He graduated from Faculty of Philolog ...

(1931–2018), academic *

Kočo Racin Kosta Apostolov Solev ( cyrl, Коста Апостолов Солев; 22 December 1908 – 13 June 1943), primarily known by his pen name Kočo Racin (Кочо Рацин), was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian poet, writer and commun ...

(1908–1943), poet, writer and author of poetry collection '' White Dawns''

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Aco Šopov Aco Šopov ( ; 1923 – 1982) was a Macedonian poet. He was considered one of the most important poets of Yugoslavia. He took part in World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–45) and his poems written at the time were published as ''Pesni'' (Poems) i ...

(1923–1982), poet and translator *

Goce Smilevski Goce Smilevski (born 1975) is a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian writer. He was born in Skopje. He studied at the Sts Kiril and Metodij University in Skopje, at Charles University in Prague and at the Central European University in Budapest. ...

(born 1975), prose writer *

Goran Stefanovski Goran Stefanovski (; 27 April 1952 – 27 November 2018) was a leading Macedonian dramatist, screenwriter, essayist, lecturer and public intellectual. He wrote for the theatre, television and film, as well as pursuing a long academic career in ...

(1952–2018), playwright *

Luan Starova Luan Arif Starova (; 14 August 1941 – 24 February 2022) was an Albanian writer who lived in North Macedonia. He published his works both in Albanian and in Macedonian. He is translated in over 20 languages around the world. Biography Luan Staro ...

(born 1941)

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Gane Todorovski Dragan "Gane" Todorovski (11 May 1929 – 22 May 2010) was a Macedonian poet, translator, essayist, literary critic, and historian, publicist. Biography Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University SS. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, w ...

(1929–2010), poet * Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962) *

Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan ( Macedonian: Јовица Тасевски - Етернијан, pronounced ; born 25 July 1976, Skopje) is a Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic. He won ''The Enchanting Poet Award'' for excellent contribut ...

(born 1976)

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