{"id":23305,"date":"2025-07-18T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/?post_type=cpt_services&#038;p=23305"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:32:06","slug":"petar-andonovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/petar-andonovski\/","title":{"rendered":"Petar ANDONOVSKI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-link-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56620d414b3dc3f4dc63feeefa191098\">Photo: Rick Burger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><em><em><em>A master of the contemporary Macedonian short novel. With his simple but strong language creates engaging stories with the power to change the world.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Petar Andonovski was born in 1987, in Kumanovo, North Macedonia. He studied General and comparative literature at the Faculty of Philology, at the Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He has published one poetry collection: \u201cMental Space\u201d (2008),&nbsp; and five novels: \u201dEyes the Color of Shoes\u201d (2013), \u201cThe Body One Must Live In\u201d (2015), ,\u201dFear of Barbarians\u201d (2018), ,\u201dThe Summer without You\u201d (2020), ,\u201dI won\u2019t tell\u201d (2023). He has won <a>Novel of the Year Award <\/a>for \u201cThe Body One Must Live In\u201d (2015), <a>European Union Prize for Literature <\/a>for \u201cFear of Barbarians\u201d (2020), Author of the Year Award by Macedonian Association of Publishers at the Skopje Book Fair for 2020 and English PEN award for \u201cThe Summer without you\u201d (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Outstanding title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-light-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-32889f1f98b2c5dd007857f0f7184758\"><strong>FEAR OF BARBARIANS (2020)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Strav-od-varvari-Petar-Andonovski.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Strav-od-varvari-Petar-Andonovski.jpg 369w, https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Strav-od-varvari-Petar-Andonovski-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To Oksana, who has come from Ukraine with her friends to recover from illness in the aftermath of Chernobyl, it seems like a dream to live in a blue-and-white house with a lemon tree. To Penelope, a Greek woman who was married off to an unsuitable man by nuns from the convent where she spent her teenage years, it is a kind of prison. <br><br>Their two narratives, interwoven with other stories \u2013 of the other women of the sparse community, of their own past lives and loves \u2013 are skillfully combined with themes of otherness and the notions of \u2018foreign\u2019 and \u2018barbaric\u2019 in this poetic and timeless short novel.<br><br><strong>No. of pp<\/strong>: 111<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Awards<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Rights sold to<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>England, France, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Albania and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Latest title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-light-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-637f4b8a9b1dfe70473973ccb9cfbcaa\"><strong>I WON&#8217;T TELL (2023)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ne-kazuvam-Petar-Andonovski.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ne-kazuvam-Petar-Andonovski.jpg 369w, https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ne-kazuvam-Petar-Andonovski-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What is it that makes a family a family? Are there limits of love between parents and children that must not be crossed? And how much telling and not telling is necessary for a healthy partnership? <br><br>This is an exciting story about four queer parents, one child and many unspoken thoughts and emotions.<br><br><strong>No. of pp<\/strong>: 113<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Translation available: <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rights: <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Petar Andonovski<br><a href=\"mailto:andonovski_petar@yahoo.com\">andonovski_petar@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A master of the contemporary Macedonian short novel. 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