Rusjakov contemplates the world poetically in both his prose and lyrical works. At the center of his works is love: love for another human being, love for God, and love for the homeland.
Biography
Aleksandar Rusjakov (born in 1977 in Veles) is a contemporary Macedonian writer for adults, who graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje, from the Department of Film and TV Directing. He writes poetry, short stories, novels, columns, and film and television screenplays. He is also credited as a co-author of the script for the satirical animated series “Ednooki” (“One-Eyed”), which was broadcast on several national television channels and on the internet. He has published the books: “Do You Love Me in the Rain?” (short stories, 2010), “The Thirteenth Month” (novel, 2012), “Athena with a Penis” (novel, 2014), “A Sip of Admiration from the Tears of Eternity” (poetry, 2016), “Whore Chronicles” (novel, 2020), “Albino Trip” (novel, 2021). He is the recipient of the awards: “Pegasus” for the best unpublished novel in 2022 for “Hotel Between Two Wars”, “Racin’s Award” for the same novel, and “Ante’s Quill” for the unpublished poetry collection “50 Sung Stories”.
Outstanding title:
HOTEL BETWEEN TWO WARS (2022)
“Hotel Between Two Wars” is a brave and rich pseudohistorical novel about the love of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Eleni Karinte. A forbidden empire in the gap between fact and fiction, between war and peace, between hearts and minds within us, but also beyond us. Siege of Troy built in Mustafa’s soul against Eleni’s onslaught of grief and pain written in two novels: in Rusjakov’s long postmodern “Hotel Between Two Wars” and in Eleni’s short, sentimental novel with the same name, nested in it as a spare female heart.
No. of pp: 256
Awards and honors:
- “Pegasus Award” for the best unpublished novel in 2022
- “Racin Award” for the best novel by Macedonian author in 2022
English translation available HERE.
Latest title:
THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE TRAVELING DOLL (2025)
A picture book homage to the most famous anecdote about Kafka and the little girl grieving her lost doll. Though the story’s truth has never been confirmed—and various interpretations surround the circumstances in which it allegedly took place—its continual retelling has made it an inseparable part of Kafka’s biography.
The story in this new picture book is written by Aleksandar Rusjakov, marking his ceremonial debut in the world of children’s literature in Macedonian. While he stays within the contours of the widely accepted version of the tale, his authentic literary voice—full of lyricism and tenderness—shapes a unique original work, which we believe will become a new favorite for the whole family.
No. of pp: 28
Awards and honors:
- Most Creative Edition (2nd prize) from the Macedonian Publishers Association at the Skopje Book Fair 2025.
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