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Nikolina Andova Shopova<\/strong> is a poet and a writer from Skopje. She has published two books of poetry \u201cThe entrance is on the other side\u201d (2013) and \u201cConnect the dots\u201d (2014). Her first book \u201cThe entrance is on the other side\u201d was awarded with the prestigious award \u201cBridges of Struga\u201d in 2013, award of UNESCO and the Struga Poetry Evenings for best debut book. In 2014 she published her second poetry book \u201cConnect the dots\u201d, which is also published in Serbian language. In 2016, a selection of her poetry in English, Macedonian and French is published by \u00c9ditions Bruno Doucey, and selection of her poetry is also published in Slovak language. Her poems take part in many anthologies of Macedonian and European poetry. They are translated into many world languages and she has been a participant in many poetry festivals across Europe. In 2019 she received the Novel of the Year award, for her first novel \u201cSomeone Was Here\u201d, awarded by the Foundation for promotion of cultural values \u201cSlavko Janevski\u201d. The novel is translated in Serbian language and is published in the publishing house \u201cTre\u0107i Trg\u201d. In 2020 the publishing house \u201cIli-Ili\u201d publishes her children book \u201cDzvezdan, the mole\u201d. Her latest novel \u201cEstom\u201d was published in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A story that draws you in immediately. Skillfully presented images, both impressive and meditative. Precisely depicted mysterious and unpredictable characters. Realistic, but disturbing setting. Carefully selected exteriors and interiors – someone else\u2019s apartment, for example, as a kind of \u201cimmovable character\u201d, into which the main character secretly enters as in a cradle and a tomb, which lures to radical decisions. Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nikolina Andova Shopova A witty poem with a skillfully woven wordplay (and rhyming) that tells the story of the eternal rivalry between Dwarfy and Gianto and their argument over who is bigger! The poem also follows all the trials they go through just to prove their opponent wrong\u2014that is, to win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustrator:<\/strong> <\/strong>Natalia \u0141ukomska<\/a>Outstanding title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
SOMEONE WAS HERE (2018)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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The novel \u201cSomeone Was Here\u201d is psychologically compelling and disturbingly profound: it hunts the moment when the pain becomes madness and death.
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THE SMALLEST GIANT DWARFY AND THE BIGGEST DWARF GIANTO (2024)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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What distinguishes this poem, as with all good children’s literature, is that it speaks not only to children but to adults as well. The attentive reader will discover the author’s allusions to other eternal disputes between two powerful egos, and these will lead them to recognition, and even identification.
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Publisher: <\/strong>Begemot Publishers, 2024
40 pages, hardback, 24×24 cm
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