Risto Krle (, ; September 3, 1900 – October 29, 1975) (born in

Struga Struga ( ; , sq-definite, Struga) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The name Struga ...

, present-day

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during the

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) was a Macedonian

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and the son of a shoe maker. Many interruptions made his schooling difficult. As a teenager he enrolled in the

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where he served until he inherited his father's profession and succeeded as a shoe maker.Risto Krle
''Cyber Macedonia''] Many of his plays were written throughout the

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and are set preceding or during the First and

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Works

*''Money is Death'' (1938) (Macedonian: Парите се Отепувачка,

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''Parite Se Otepuvačka'') *''Millions of Martyrs'' (1940) (Милиони Маченици, ''Milioni Mačenici'') *''Antica'' (1940) (Антица) *''Easter'' (1950) (Великден, ''Velikden'') *''Count Milivoj'' (1958) (Гроф Миливој, ''Grof Milivoj'') *''Autobiography'' (1990) (Автобиографија, ''Avtobiografija'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krle, Risto 1900 births Macedonian dramatists and playwrights 1975 deaths Yugoslav dramatists and playwrights People from Struga Yugoslav writers