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In his novels Vlado Janevski explores the complexity of the roles that people play in their lives, emphasizing the unpredictability of life.
Biography
Vlado Janevski is a Macedonian writer and artist. His works are in the genres of fiction, poetry and children’s literature. He is a member of the Writer’s Association of Macedonia and the author of the following novels: “Who Killed Edgar Allan Poe” (2024, Ili-Ili, Skopje), “Death Is Not the End” (2022, Ars Lamina, Skopje), “The Dead Know Best” (2020, Ars Lamina, Skopje), “Miracle around the Corner” (2020, Magor, Skopje), “Under Another Hat” (2019, Magor, Skopje), “Made in Jabana” (2004, Slovo, Skopje); the poetry collection: “On the Back of Non-return” (2024, Emigration Agency, Skopje –“Stojan Hristov” award for best poetry book); awarded short stories: “No Return” (1985, Studentski Zbor, Skopje). Film script “Under another Hat” (awarded as best film script at “Script Fest” 2021); children’s books: “The Imps Vlatko & Emce” (2023, Strip-Kvadrat, Skopje), “The People and the Dragons” (2023, Ars Lamina, Skopje – award-winning fairy tale) and the comic strip “The Imps Vlatko & Emce” published weekly in the newspaper “Nova Makedonija”. Co-author in the children’s books: “New Fairy-tales from Macedonia” (2024, Ars Lamina, Skopje), “Detelinki Belinki” (2022, Ars Lamina, Skopje) and others. With prose and poetry, he is represented in several anthologies and literary magazines in Macedonia and abroad. He is the winner of the “Macedonian Roots” award for literary and artistic achievements at the International Festival “Literary Circle” 2024.
Outstanding title:
THE DEAD KNOW BEST (2020)
In a small city in Japan lives a man called Furioso. While hanging out with his imaginary friends Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe, he is also working as a hitman, most often dressed as a woman. He works for his father. One day they approach a gardener with an offer of good earnings. The plan is for the gardener to start burying the corpses of the victims in his clients’ gardens. Although the novel description may suggest that it is a psychological thriller with heinous murders, the novel is actually a subtle tragicomic story with a measured dose of black humor.
No. of pp: 187
Awards and honors:
Pegasus Award for the best unpublished novel in 2020
Rights:
Ars Lamina – Publications
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Latest title:
WHO KILLED EDGAR ALLAN POE (2024)
This novel is about the unusual journey of Felix Reynolds, who is looking for his missing brother. During the search, Felix starts seeing a psychiatrist, whose sessions take place in a castle. The castle is managed by enigmatic people in black, known as “Kafkavists”, who add to the mystery. At one point the plot turns into an investigation into the death of Edgar Alan Po. The story unfolds through narrative jumps, unexpected twists, dreamt episodes, frequent perspective shifts and inquiries into “facts” and “truths”, all in a dark, eerie ambience, resembling Franz Kafka’s embedded “unpublished manuscript”.
No. of pp: 458
Awards and honors:
- Finalist for the Writer’s Association of Macedonia award “Stale Popov” for best prose in 2024
- Shortlisted for the Novel of the Year Award.
Rights:
Ili-ili Publishing house
iliili@mail.com