Ivan Čapovski is a Macedonian writer, poet and novelist. Macedonian: Иван Чаповски; also Ivan Čapovski; Capovskǐ, Ivan; Čapovski, Ivan 1936-; Ivan Čapovski Macedonian writer; Чаповски Иван 1936-; Иван Чаповски.

Ivan Čapovski
Portrait of a Macedonian writer Ivan Čapovski
BornOctober 12, 1936
Pozarsko, Aegean Macedonia, Greece
NationalityMacedonian
OccupationWriter

Čapovski was born in the village Pozarsko, Aegean Macedonia, Greece in 1936. Amidst the Greek Civil War in 1947, he fled with his family to Vojvodina (Serbia) and later on to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Čapovski graduated in Macedonian and history of literature from the Philosophy Department at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He worked as a journalist in the newspapers Vecer and Nova Makedonija. Since 1963 he worked as a documentary director at the Macedonian Television and Radio Broadcast for more than 20 years. He has been editor-in-chief of the Makedonska Kniga publishing house. He has been a member of the Macedonian Writers Association since 1963 and the Macedonian PEN Centre. His poetry has been widely published and translated throughout Europe and Asia. Today he lives and writes in Skopje.

Published works

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  • Ashes under the Olive Trees (poetry, Kultura, 1963)[1]
  • Rain, After the Rain, Vera (poetry, Kočo Racin, 1964)[2]
  • Evangelists (poetry, 1969)[3]
  • Beautiful Razdelina (poetry, Makedonska Kniga-Skopje, 1973)[4]
  • Ship (poetry, Misla, 1980)[5]
  • Border (novel, Makedonska Kniga, 1982)[6]
  • Prisons (poetry, Misla, 1983)[7]
  • Fog ( novel, Misla, 1985)[8]
  • Snake (novel, Misla, 1989).[9]
  • The Wooden Bridges of the Vardar, Čapovski, Ivan, and Kosta Bojadžievski. Drvenite Mostovi Na Vardar. Skopje: Makedonska kniga, 1990. Print.
  • Krstan and Sirak (novel, Detska Radost-Skopje, 1991)[10]
  • The Women of Summer (poetry, Misla,1992)[11]
  • Macedonian Orthodox Church ‘St Georges’ (York Press, Melbourne 1992)[12]
  • Blood of the Eucalyptus Tree (novel, Makedonska kniga-Skopje, 1996)[13]
  • Writer’s Saga (novel, MATICA MAKEDONSKA, Skopje and Melbourne, 1999)[14]
  • Tamarisk's Poison (novel, Kultura, 2002)[15]
  • The Sorrow of Miles Franklin Beneath the Kajmakčalan (novel, Kultura, 2004)[16]
  • The Poet and the Beautiful Razdelina (2006)[17]
  • Crni Sokoli- Beli Megleni (Mikena, 2008)[18]
  • The Executor (novel, Makavej, 2008) Čapovski, Ivan. Dželatot: Roman. Skopje: Makavej, 2008. Print.
  • The Vision of Lokvata and Vinari (stories, MATICA MAKEDONSKA 2010)[19]
  • Lazar's Star Above New York (political chronicle, Silson, 2012)[20]
  • Pesna za stariot komita (poetry, Matica Makedonska, 2016)[21]
  • Ubavinata i tainstvenosta na knigite (Matica Makedonska, 2021. Print.)[22]

Bibliography

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Ivan Čapovski's Poetry Collection in English

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  • BLACK HAWKS, WHITE MEGLENS, ( National and University Library-Kliment of Ohrid, Skopje, 2011. ISBN 978-608-232-049-6)[23]

Ivan Čapovski's Novel in English

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  • The sorrow of Miles Franklin beneath the Mount Kajmakčalan (Cadmus Press, 2020)[24]

Reviews of Čapovski's work

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Zoran Čukič: Patnja kao sudbina (Ivan Čapovski: Zatvori-Izdavač:Književna zajednica Novog Sada, 1987.) 4 Jul. Beograd, 08.XII.1987.
Dr. Miodrag Drugovac: Obnova na ogledaloto ( Ivan Čapovski: Ženite na letoto), Nova Makedonija. 10 november, 1993.

Articles by Ivan Čapovski

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  • Čapovski, Ivan. "Pisatelot Pred Dvanaeset Prašalnici." Razvitok. (1988): 7-8. Print.
  • "Da Ečat Planinite Mariovski: Šesta Mariovsko-Meglenska Kulturna Manifestacija." Makedonija. (1989): 24-25. Print.
  • Čapovski, Ivan. tr. "Solunson (ili Solunsmrt)." Nova Makedonija. 47 (1991). Print.
  • Dve pesni Современост : списание за литература, уметност и општествени прашања. ISSN 0038-5972. - year. 41, number. 1-4 (January–April 1992), pages. 117-118
  • Čapovski, Ivan, Kosta Racin and Mekavata (1993). Kosta Racin and Mekavata
  • Prokletstvo na granicata, Ivan Čapovski ISSN 1409-8180. - Year. 3, number. 12 (July–August 1994), p. 46
  • Ivan's snow, 1997. Sum, Art magazine. https://plus.mk.cobiss.net/opac7/bib/61445130
  • Biser, Čapovski Ivan (1998). Ulaznica : časopis za kulturu, umetnost i društvena pitanja. ISSN 0503-1362. - 32, Number. 156 (1998), p. 67
  • Tazni tancari. Толкувања. - p. 111
  • Blagovest, Evangelisti Стремеж : списание за литературни, културни и општествени прашања. ISSN 0039-2294. - year. 46, number. 11-12 (2000), pages. 75-77
  • Епитафи кон песните "Песни - надвор од времето" враќање, враќање од убавината од која исчезнавме, Ivan Čapovski Современост. ISSN 0038-5972. - year. 52, number. 4 (2004), pages. 24-42
  • Црни досиеја во името на мртви идеологии : кон текстот "Идеологија и литература", Синтези. ISSN 1409-6102. - Бр. 3 (2006), стр. 66-68
  • Евангелист Матеја = The Evangelist Matthew, Čapovski, Ivan. Синтези : македонски книжевен гласник. ISSN 1409-6102. - number. 8 (2007), p. 2
  • Ѕвездените коски (Macedonian), Čapovski Ivan. Синтези. ISSN 1409-6102. - number. 19 (2010), pages. 54-57

Ivan Čapovski's poems in various anthologies

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Awards

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In 2010 Čapovski was awarded the Macedonian National Award for Science, Arts and Education, ‘23 October Award’, for his life work. His book of poetry Beautiful Razdelina was awarded the distinguished ‘13 November Award’, his novels Fog and The Blood of the Eucalyptus tree received the 'Kosta Racin Award' and the 'Stale Popov Award'. His novel Snake received the “Misla Publishing House Award” for the best novel of the year. In 2014 he was awarded 'Literary Scepter' Книжевно жезло (from the Writers' Association of Macedonia).[26]

References

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  1. ^ Čapovski, Ivan (October 1, 1963). Pepel pod maslinite. Kultura. OCLC 751139745 – via Open WorldCat.
  2. ^ Čapovski, Ivan (October 1, 1964). Dožd, po doždot Vera. OCLC 780727387 – via Open WorldCat. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Ivan Čapovski, Evangelisti. Makedonska kniga. OCLC 20776642.
  4. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Ubavata Razdelina. Skopje: Makedonska Kniga, 1988. Print.
  5. ^ Čapovski, Ivan, Vasko Taškovski, and Todor Čalovski. Laǵa. Skopje: Misla, 1980. Print.
  6. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Granica. Skopje: Makedonska kniga, 1982. Print.
  7. ^ Čapovski, Ivan; Stojanović, Tomislav (October 1, 1987). Zatvori. Književna zajednica Novog Sada. OCLC 455868466 – via Open WorldCat.
  8. ^ Ivan Čapovski (1985). Magla. Misla.
  9. ^ Ivan Čapovski, Snake (novel, Misla, 1989)
  10. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Krstan I Sirak. Skopje: Detska radost, 1992. Print.
  11. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Ženite Na Letoto. Skopje: Misla, 1993. Print.
  12. ^ Chapovski, Ivan. The Macedonian Orthodox Church of St. George: A Cultural and National History. Melbourne: Macedonian Lighthouses, 1992. Print.
  13. ^ Čapovski, I. (1996). Krv na eukaliptusot (Loza). Skopje: Makedonska kniga.
  14. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Saga Za Pisatelot. Skopje [u.a.: Matica Makedonska, 1999. Print.
  15. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Otrovot Na Tamariskot. Skopje: Kultura, 2002. Print.
  16. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Tagata Na Majls Franklin Pod Kajmakčalan. Skopje: Kultura, 2004. Print.
  17. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Poetot I Ubavata Razdelina: Pesni I Epitafi. Skopje: Makavej, 2006. Print.
  18. ^ Ivan Čapovski (2008). Crni sokoli - beli megleni (in Macedonian). Mikena.
  19. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Vizija Za Lokvata I Vinjari: Raskazi, Povesti I Apokrifi. Skopje: Matica makedonska, 2010. Print.
  20. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. Lazarovata Zvezda Nad Njujork: Politička Hronika., 2012. Print.
  21. ^ Čapovski, Ivan (April 2016). "Песна за стариот Комита. Иван Чаповски.(поет).Пожарско 1936-". YouTube. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  22. ^ "УБАВИНАТА И ТАИНСТВЕНОСТА НА КНИГИТЕ - Клуб Матица". 17 August 2021.
  23. ^ Capovskǐ, Ivan, and Vera Čapovska. Black Hawks, White Meglen Lands., 2011. Print.
  24. ^ "The Sorrow of Miles Franklin beneath Mount Kajmakcalan :: Ivan Capovski – Cadmus Press". 4 February 2020.
  25. ^ Словенија, IZUM-Институт за информациски науки, Марибор. "The island of iaros :: COBISS+". plus.mk.cobiss.net.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ Čapovski, Ivan. "Award 'Literary Scepter'". Kanal5.com.mk. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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