{"id":23550,"date":"2025-06-25T13:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/?p=23550"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:41:24","slug":"kalina-maleska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mai.org.mk\/macedonian-literature\/kalina-maleska\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalina MALESKA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The prose works of Maleska are characterized by heterogeneity, focusing on a diversity of contemporary personal, social, political themes, often providing new reinterpretations of familiar perspectives. There is profound introspection of the characters, while her writing style is clear and concise.<\/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

Kalina Maleska <\/strong>is a Macedonian writer of fiction, drama and children\u2019s literature. She teaches English literature at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her works include short story collections, novels, plays and books for children. One of her stories for children has been written for the stage and performed by the theatre for children Shadows and Clouds. Her short stories have been translated into several languages (English, German, Serbian, Croatian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Italian, etc.), and published in magazines in the country and abroad. She has also participated in several Macedonian and international literary festivals. Her short story \u201cA Different Kind of Weapon\u201d is represented in the anthology Best European Fiction 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has received the Novel of the Year Award for her 2024 novel \u201cThe World I Chose\u201d, awarded by the \u201cSlavko Janevski\u201d Foundation for Promotion of Cultural Values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maleska is a co-editor of the international collection of stories entitled \u201cAwake not Sleeping: Reimagining Fairy Tales for a New Generation\u201d (2021), organized and published by UN Women (ECA), in which she is also represented with two short stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of literary research, she has authored and edited several theoretical literary studies, and her articles have been published in international academic journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also translates literary works from English into Macedonian and vice versa; including translations of \u201cTristram Shandy\u201d by Laurence Sterne, \u201cHuckleberry Finn\u201d by Mark Twain, \u201cSelected Stories\u201d by Ambrose Bierce, \u201cRemnants of a Sky\u201d by Vlado Maleski, \u201cThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u201d by L. Frank Baum, \u201cSmall Things Like These\u201d by Claire Keegan, \u201cFree: Coming of Age at the End of History\u201d by Lea Ypi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outstanding and latest title:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
THE WORLD I CHOSE (2024)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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The novel \u201cThe World I Chose\u201d is a story about the transformation of Leona, whose sense of self and identity changes and develops through her encounter with various people and spaces. The internal monologues in which Leona analyzes herself and the people around her with psychological depth and precision, often recalling the past, are interwoven with the ongoing episodes taking place at the board meetings. The dominant characteristic of the novel is its heterogeneity: the presence of various generations, classes, gender tensions, children with atypical cognitive development, excellently conveyed characters, ethical dimensions, empathy towards people, but also criticism.

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