List of Macedonian writers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963), prose writer[1]
• Stojan Andov (1935–2024), author[2]
• Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006), writer[3]
• Maja Apostoloska (born 1976)
• Venko Andonovski (born 1964), writer[4]

B

• Rumena Bužarovska (born 1981)

C / Č

Dimitrija Čupovski

• Dimitrija Čupovski (1878–1940)
• Kole Čašule (1921–2009), prose writer[1]
• Živko Čingo (1935–1987), writer[1]
• Ivan Čapovski (1936-)

D

• Igor Džambazov (born 1963)
• Dimitar Dimitrov (born 1937)
• Lidija Dimkovska (born 1971)
• Petre Dimovski

G / Gj

• Bogomil Gjuzel (1939–2021), poet, writer and playwright[5]
• Ljubčo Georgievski (born 1966), poet and writer[6]
• Kiro Gligorov (1917–2012), author[7]

H

• Stojan Hristov (1898–1996)

I

• Vasil Iljoski (1902–1995), playwright[8]

J

• Meto Jovanovski (born 1928)
• Slavko Janevski (1920–2000), prose writer[1]
• Mišo Juzmeski (born 1966)

K / Kj

• Aco Karamanov (1927–1944)
• Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002)
• Blaže Koneski (1921–1993), linguist and writer[1]
• Savo Kostadinovski (born 1950)
• Risto Krle (1900–1975), playwright[8]
• Katica Kulavkova (born 1951), writer[3]

M

Krste Misirkov

• Vlado Maleski (1919–1984), prose writer[1]
• Stefan Markovski (born 1990)
• Krste Misirkov (1874–1926), writer and author of On Macedonian Matters[3]
• Venko Markovski (1915–1988), poet[8]
• Mateja Matevski (1929–2018), poet[9]

N

• Kole Nedelkovski (1921–1941), poet[10]

P

Gjorgjija Pulevski

Božin Pavlovski

• Georgi Pulevski (1817–1895)
• Mihail Petrusevski (1911–1990)
• Anton Panov (1906–1967), playwright[8]
• Božin Pavlovski (born 1942), prose writer[1]
• Pande Petrovski (1943–2006) General

R

Kočo Racin

• Blaže Ristovski (1931–2018), academic[11]
• Kočo Racin (1908–1943), poet, writer and author of poetry collection White Dawns[12]

S/Š

• Aco Šopov (1923–1982), poet and translator[9]
• Goce Smilevski (born 1975), prose writer
• Goran Stefanovski (1952–2018), playwright[1]
• Luan Starova (born 1941)

T

• Gane Todorovski (1929–2010), poet[10]
• Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962)
• Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (born 1976)

References

1. Andrew Rossos (2013). Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History. Hoover Institution Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780817948832.
2. "Former Macedonian Parliament Speaker Stojan Andov Dies". Balkan Insight. 18 June 2024.
3. Richard C. Frucht, ed. (2005). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture [3 Volumes] · Volume 1. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 611–612. ISBN 9781576078013.
4. Plamen K. Georgiev (2012). Self-Orientalization in South East Europe. Springer. p. 126. ISBN 9783531932712.
5. "Academician Bogomil Gjuzel died". Sloboden Pecat. 2021.
6. John R. Lampe (2000). Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country. Cambridge University Press. p. 396. ISBN 9780521774017.
7. "Eleven years since the death of President Kiro Gligorov". Sloboden Pečat. January 2023. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023.
8. Roumen Daskalov; Tchavdar Marinov, eds. (2013). Entangled Histories of the Balkans - Volume One National Ideologies and Language: Policies. Brill. pp. 448, 478. ISBN 9789004250765.
9. Emery Edward George, ed. (1993). Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology. Oxford University Press. p. 367. ISBN 9780195086362.
10. Roland Greene (2012). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton University Press. pp. 837–838. ISBN 9780691154916.
11. "Почина академик Блаже Ристовски". Nova Makedonija (in Macedonian). 29 November 2018.
12. Jozo Tomasevich (2002). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford University Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780804779241.