{"id":23355,"date":"2025-07-07T15:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/?post_type=cpt_services&p=23355"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:20:23","slug":"zivko-grozdanoski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/zivko-grozdanoski\/","title":{"rendered":"\u017divko GROZDANOSKI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo: Sofia Grigoriadou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grozdanoski elucidates the different nuances of the human spirit, both through the self-contemplation of his characters, and also through their interaction with authorities and with society in general.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biography<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

\u017divko Grozdanoski <\/strong>(1986, Kichevo) acquired primary education in Bigor Dolenci and Kichevo, and secondary education in the American high school \u201cNOVA\u201d in Skopje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2005, the poetry collection \u201cSand and Silk\u201d was published in \u201cNOVA\u201d. In 2009, he completed undergraduate studies in Italian language and literature at the Faculty of Philology \u201cBlaze Koneski\u201d in Skopje. In the same year, in the \u201cMagma\u201d edition of the \u201cTemplum\u201d publisher, the first edition of \u201cPrints on Ice Cubes\u201d, a collection of short-short prose, is published. In 2011, the collection of short stories \u201cStories about herbs and other stories\u201d was published in \u201cAntolog\u201d. In 2014, \u201cIli-ili\u201d publishes his first novel (a collection of three novellas) \u201cA Suitcase for Three\u201d, which will be a finalist for the Novel of the Year Award. In 2016, \u201cTemplum\u201d publishes a second and updated edition of \u201cFootprints on Ice Cubes\u201d, and in 2018, \u201cAntolog\u201d publishes the novel \u201cThe Last Name of the Future\u201d. In 2019, \u201cBegemot\u201d publishes his collection \u201c50 short stories (the best of 10 short story collections)\u201d signed under the pseudonym Gilles Menard. In 2020, under the logo of \u201cLiberation Boulevard\u201d, \u017divko publishes the trilingual (in Macedonian, Greek and English) thematic anthology \u201cIf I were in your place\u201d. In 2021, he publishes \u201cFive stories from around the world\u201d in \u201cStrange Forest\u201d, which in 2022 The Macedonian Association of Publishers will award with the first prize for the best children book. In 2022, he publishes the novel \u201cLetter to Gloria\u201d, which will also be a finalist for Novel of the Year Award. In 2023, again in the edition of \u201cStrange Forest\u201d, \u201cThe White Mice, The Terrible Infestation of Green Lice, The Black Sheep\u201d is published, which receives the award for the best text at the \u201cLitera\u201d festival in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u017divko Grozdanoski leads a workshop on creative autofiction writing, and from June 2024 is appointed as the president of the Society of Writers of Macedonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outstanding title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
A SUITCASE FOR THREE<\/strong> (2014)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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A collection of three novellas, all narrated with short chapters and set in different Macedonian locations: primarily Skopje, but also other places.
The first novella is a bittersweet satire about common people living their everyday lives: all seen through the thick and ridiculous filter of soap operas. The author dissects the illnesses, hopes, and fears of a society obsessed with the worst stories\u2014and with bare survival.
The second novella depicts the challenges of two friends realizing that their challenge is actually just one. They call a friend of theirs (a version of the author of this book of autofiction), and they manage to find a solution\u2014with the help of a suitcase.
The third novella deals with activism, translating the lives of ordinary and extraordinary characters who, in one way or another, get involved or at least come into contact with the struggle of a group of devotees\u2014mostly young people\u2014defending the life of a tree that still grows intertwined with the fence encircling the central libraries in Skopje.

No. of pp<\/strong>: 346<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rights sold to:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Italy, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latest title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
LETTER FOR GLORIA (2022)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLetter for Gloria\u201d is multilayered novel, dealing with family, personal, professional, national trauma, and with the therapeutic effect of writing as one of the most important layers.

\u201cThis novel is a striking example of how (auto)fiction can be a book for self-awareness, self-confrontation and self-help through the key and the labyrinths that it opens for us through the endless landscapes of beautiful literature.\u201c
\u2013 Frosina Parmakovska

No. of pp<\/strong>: 249<\/p>\n\n\n\n



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