{"id":23359,"date":"2025-07-05T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/?post_type=cpt_services&p=23359"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:44:10","slug":"vlado-janevski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/vlado-janevski\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlado JANEVSKI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo: Emilija Todorova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his novels Vlado Janevski explores the complexity of the roles that people play in their lives, emphasizing the unpredictability of life.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vlado Janevski <\/strong>is a Macedonian writer and artist. His works are in the genres of fiction, poetry and children’s literature. He is a member of the Writer\u2019s Association of Macedonia and the author of the following novels: \u201cWho Killed Edgar Allan Poe\u201d (2024, Ili-Ili, Skopje), \u201cDeath Is Not the End\u201d (2022, Ars Lamina, Skopje), \u201cThe Dead Know Best\u201d (2020, Ars Lamina, Skopje), \u201cMiracle around the Corner\u201d (2020, Magor, Skopje), \u201cUnder Another Hat\u201d (2019, Magor, Skopje), \u201cMade in Jabana\u201d (2004, Slovo, Skopje); the poetry collection: \u201cOn the Back of Non-return\u201d (2024, Emigration Agency, Skopje \u2013\u201cStojan Hristov\u201d award for best poetry book); awarded short stories: \u201cNo Return\u201d (1985, Studentski Zbor, Skopje). Film script \u201cUnder another Hat\u201d (awarded as best film script at \u201cScript Fest\u201d 2021); children\u2019s books: \u201cThe Imps Vlatko & Emce\u201d (2023, Strip-Kvadrat, Skopje), \u201cThe People and the Dragons\u201d (2023, Ars Lamina, Skopje \u2013 award-winning fairy tale) and the comic strip \u201cThe Imps Vlatko & Emce\u201d published weekly in the newspaper \u201cNova Makedonija\u201d. Co-author in the children’s books: \u201cNew Fairy-tales from Macedonia\u201d (2024, Ars Lamina, Skopje), \u201cDetelinki Belinki\u201d (2022, Ars Lamina, Skopje) and others. With prose and poetry, he is represented in several anthologies and literary magazines in Macedonia and abroad. He is the winner of the \u201cMacedonian Roots\u201d award for literary and artistic achievements at the International Festival \u201cLiterary Circle\u201d 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outstanding title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
THE DEAD KNOW BEST (2020)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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In a small city in Japan lives a man called Furioso. While hanging out with his imaginary friends Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe, he is also working as a hitman, most often dressed as a woman. He works for his father. One day they approach a gardener with an offer of good earnings. The plan is for the gardener to start burying the corpses of the victims in his clients’ gardens. Although the novel description may suggest that it is a psychological thriller with heinous murders, the novel is actually a subtle tragicomic story with a measured dose of black humor.

No. of pp<\/strong>: 187<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Awards and honors:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Pegasus Award for the best unpublished novel in 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Ars Lamina \u2013 Publications
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+389 (0) 2 3124 227<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latest title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
WHO KILLED EDGAR ALLAN POE (2024)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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This novel is about the unusual journey of Felix Reynolds, who is looking for his missing brother. During the search, Felix starts seeing a psychiatrist, whose sessions take place in a castle. The castle is managed by enigmatic people in black, known as “Kafkavists”, who add to the mystery. At one point the plot turns into an investigation into the death of Edgar Alan Po. The story unfolds through narrative jumps, unexpected twists, dreamt episodes, frequent perspective shifts and inquiries into “facts” and “truths”, all in a dark, eerie ambience, resembling Franz Kafka\u2019s embedded \u201cunpublished manuscript\u201d.

No. of pp<\/strong>: 458<\/p>\n\n\n\n



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