Zoran Anchevski is one of the leading figures in contemporary Macedonian poetry. His poetic world is both intimate and universal: it is deeply thoughtful and erudite, expressed through a personal point of view, but in a dialogue with the global literary tradition.
Biography
Zoran Anchevski (born in 1954 in Skopje) is a scholar, poet, translator, and essayist. He has published ten poetry collections that have been highly praised by the critics, well-received by the readers, and awarded various honors and awards, both domestic and international, such as: the Studentski Zbor award for best first book of verse (1984), the international Giacomo Leopardi award in Italy (2004), the highest national Miladinov Brothers poetry award at the International Struga Poetry Evenings festival for Celestial Pantomime (2018) and for Puzzled Compasses (2022), Grigor Prlichev award for the long poem The Lives of the Horses (2023), which also received the Macedonian Writers’ Association award Aco Shopov for best book of verse (2024), among others. He has also published numerous essays, critical reviews, and studies in the field of literary theory. He has compiled and translated several anthologies of Macedonian poetry and short prose into English and has translated many significant Macedonian or Anglo-American poets into Macedonian or English. For his translation work, he received the highest national translation award Grigor Prlichev (2001). Selections of his poetry have been translated and published in more than twenty languages in numerous prominent international journals and anthologies. His Selected Poems in Macedonian and then in English were published in 2011. He is a member of the Writers’ Association of Macedonia, was twice a secretary of the Macedonian PEN Center, and its president until recently. He also chaired the Executive Board of the International Struga Poetry Evenings festival (2002-2006).
Outstanding title:
PUZZLED COMPASSES (2021)
The collection of poems “Puzzled Compasses” by Zoran Anchevski consists of five cycles of poems that build highly intricate mutual connections, but also delicate, discrete, yet essential links with his previous poetic work.
The first cycle establishes the poetic principles and creeds of the poet, and the cycles that follow elaborate them in various details, situations and contexts.
The concluding cycle, however, instead of making conclusions and poetic “summaries” of the presented principles, very skillfully and wisely, directs the reader to the beginning and asks for a new reading of the book.
No. of pp: 99
Awards and honors:
- Highest national Miladinov Brothers poetry award at the International Struga Poetry Evenings festival (2022)
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Latest title:
THE LIVES OF THE HORSES (2023)
In his The Lives of the Horses, Zoran Anchevski has assembled an impressive stable of well-known mythological and historical horses to explore contemporary issues of power, identity and conservation.
Using first person narratives, some epic in tone, others more lyrical, the accomplished poet draws the reader with rhythmical verses that race strongly in battles against injustice, that gallop through rich cultural settings, and that cantor towards peaceful sunsets.
A most exhilarating ride for the daring reader!
– Tom Petsinis, Australian poet and novelist
No. of pp: 88
Awards and honors:
- Grigor Prlichev Award for best unpublished poem (2022)
- Aco Shopov Award for best book of verse (2024)
Translation available:
- English
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