Meto Jovanovski (writer)

Meto Jovanovski
Occupation Author

Meto Jovanovski (born October 18, 1928) (Macedonian: Мето Јовановски) is a Macedonian writer from the village of Brajčino in the Republic of Macedonia.[1][2]

Biography

He attended the teacher's college in Skopje and taught school for a few years before moving into the publishing industry. His first short stories were published in 1951, and his first short story collection appeared in 1956.[3]

He has also starred in the Macedonian movies : Ilinden parts 1,2,3 and 4 as Chafche, a nickname. He plays as a Macedonian voivoda, during the Ottoman era.

He is a former head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia.[4]

Bibliography

Some of his works have been translated into English, including the novel Budaletinki (Будалетинки, or Simpletons in English) (1973) (published in English as Cousins), and Faceless Men, and Other Macedonian Stories (1992).[5][6][7]

References


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