In Krstevski’s short stories we can recognize Harmsian burlesque scenes and characters, Borgesian complex labyrinthine landscapes, as well as a handful of characters lost in a Kafkaesque world of metamorphoses, bureaucratic counters and an insensitive world.
Biography
Gjorgji Krstevski (b. Skopje, 1981), graduated in Russian language and literature at the Faculty of Philology “Blaze Koneski” in Skopje.
He translates from Russian, English, Serbian and Croatian, and has translated over 40 books so far.
He is the author of the collections of short stories “Ordinary and unusual stories” (Templum, 2011) and “The other side” (Begemot, 2019), and in 2005, together with two other authors, they published the book of short prose and prose poetry “I didn’t want to to tell you nothing” for the AS publishing house.
His stories are represented in the anthology of the Macedonian short story “Dwarf in the World of Poppies”, in the anthology “Skopski Raskazi”, in the anthology of the Macedonian fantasy short story “Hard Night”, in the anthology of young Macedonian authors “The wind brings beautiful weather” and in the “Raskazi.mk” project, as well as in several literary magazines in the country and abroad.
He publishes his works on various Internet portals that promote art. Apart from short stories, he also writes aphorisms and poetry.
He lives and works in Skopje.
Outstanding and latest title:
THE OTHER SIDE (2019)
“The other side” is a collection of short stories by the author Gjorgji Krstevski, created over several years. They are of different size and shape, while each of the stories is an individual work, a story that builds its own specific world that can survive and exist independently. The central point, the star around which all these small worlds gravitate and the vector of their connection is the worldview of Gjorgi Krstevski. In the rich spectrum of short stories we can recognize Harmsian burlesque scenes and characters, Borgesian complex labyrinthine landscapes, echoes of the darkest forests from the Grimm brothers’ fairy tales, as well as a handful of characters lost in a Kafkaesque world of metamorphoses, bureaucratic counters and an insensitive world.
No. of pp: 114
Awards and honors:
- Nominated for the European Prize of Literature for 2020
Rights sold to:
Serbia, Bulgaria.
Rights:
Begemot Publishing House
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