Mile Markovski ( Bulgarian and ; April 14, 1939 – April 12, 1975) was a Bulgarian and

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writer.

Biography

Markovski is born on April 14, 1939, in

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in the family of prominent

and Bulgarian writer and poet, anti-Nazi partisan and politician

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. During the Second World War, Markovski was taken by his parents to the

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at the age of 5. After the end of the war, he remained in

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, the capital of the newly founded

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, where he graduated Slavic philology at the

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. Until 1968 he lived and worked in Skopje, as an editor-in-chief of the "Nas svet" newspaper, published by Detska Radost publishing house. He was also an active chess player, competing in Yugoslavia. Forced by the Yugoslav secret police

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, in 1968 he moved with his family to Bulgaria, where his father, Venko Markovski, was already living in exile. In Bulgaria he was deputy editor-in-chief of the Septemvriiche newspaper. He was a member of the Union of Bulgarian Writers, where he developed close relationship with writers like

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, Boris Krumov and others. His books include novels for children, satire, legends and

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. He has been awarded a number of literary awards in Bulgaria, and has been actively engaged in public readings throughout the country. For many years, he was the writer of monthly comics in the Slaveiche magazine. Mile Markovski died in a car accident on April 12, 1975, in Sofia at the age of 35. He was married and had two children - Internet pioneer

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and actor and journalist Igor Markovski.Igor Markovski at IMDB
/ref> He was survived by his wife, Alexandra.

Bibliography

In Macedonian

* Nedelia sledobed (Sunday Afternoon) * Malko za Ramce (A Little About Ramche)

In Bulgarian

* Grad prikazka (Fairytale City) * Ramche i slunceto (Ramche and the Sun) * Pyasachko (Sandy, 1974) * Prikazki ot osmia den (Stories from the 8th Day) * Gyba pod chadar (Mushroom Under the Umbrella) * Vazduh s pensia (Retired Air) * Nepresahnali kandila (Eternal Candles) * Zabavnite prikljuchenia na Vesel Mecho (The Fun Adventures of Happy Bear) * Tvardoglavo vreme (Die Hard Time)

References

External links

Markovski's books, scanned by Google, and free for download under Creative Commons License:
Nepresahnali kandila

Fairytale City

Pyasachko
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