Lidija Dimkovska
Lidija Dimkovska ( Macedonian Лидија Димковска ; born August 11, 1971 in Skopje , Yugoslavia ) is a North Macedonian poet, writer and translator.
Career
She studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje . She received her PhD in Romanian literature from the University of Bucharest . She has taught at the University of Bucharest and the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia . She lives in Ljubljana and works as an author and translator for Romanian and Slovenian literature .
Dimkovska is an editor at Blesok , a Macedonian online literary magazine.
Works (selection)
- Skriena kamera (Hidden Camera), novel, 2004, ISBN 9989144133
- Women's literature in Macedonia , in: Women writing. Positions from Southeast Europe , ed. by Dragana Tomašević, 2006, ISBN 3-7011-7552-7 , pp. 96-101
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pH neutralna za životot i smrtta , 2009, ISBN 9789989928888
- English translation: pH neutral history , translated from Macedonian by Ljubica Arsovska and Peggy Reid, 2012, ISBN 9781556593758
- Decent girl , translated from Macedonian by Alexander Sitzmann, 2010, ISBN 978-3-902113-73-3
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Rezerven život (substitute life), novel, 2012, ISBN 9786084525585
- English translation: A spare life , translated from Macedonian by Christina Elizabeth Kramer, 2016, ISBN 9781931883559
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Crno na Belo , 2016, ISBN 9786084770275
- German translation: Black on white. Poems , translated from Macedonian by Alexander Sitzmann, 2019, ISBN 978-3-947676-44-6
Awards
- 2009: Hubert Burda Prize for young Eastern European poetry
- 2012: Tudor Arghezi International Poetry Prize in Romania
- 2012: HC Artmann scholarship (Salzburg)
- 2013: European Union Literature Prize
- Literature Prize of the Macedonian Writers' Union (twice: for the novels Skriena kamera and Rezerven život )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-salzburg.at/content.php?id=116&mm_id=90&mmm_id=97&autor=1930
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Dimkovska, Lidija |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | North Macedonian poet, writer and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Skopje , Yugoslavia |