Ivan Čapovski


Ivan Čapovski is a Macedonian writer, poet and novelist.

Life and career

Čapovski was born in the village Pozarsko, Aegean Macedonia, Greece on October 12, 1936. Amidst the Greek Civil War in 1947, he fled with his family to Vojvodina and later on to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Čapovski graduated in Macedonian and history of literature from the Philosophy Department at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He worked as a journalist in the newspapers Vecer and Nova Makedonija. Since 1963 he worked as a documentary director at the Macedonian Television and Radio Broadcast for more than 20 years. He has been editor-in-chief of the Makedonska Kniga publishing house. He has been a member of the Macedonian Writers Association since 1963 and the Macedonian PEN Centre. His poetry has been widely published and translated throughout Europe and Asia. Today he lives and writes in Skopje.

Published works

Rain, After the Rain, Vera Evangelists Beautiful Razdelina Ship Border Prisons Fog Snake.The Wooden Bridges of the Vardar, Čapovski, Ivan, and Kosta Bojadžievski. Krstan and Sirak The Women of Summer Macedonian Orthodox Church ‘St Georges’ Blood of the Eucalyptus Tree Writer’s Saga Tamarisk's Poison The Sorrow of Miles Franklin Beneath the Kajmakčalan The Poet and the Beautiful Razdelina Crni Sokoli- Beli Megleni The Executor Čapovski, Ivan. Dželatot: Roman. Skopje: Makavej, 2008. Print.The Vision of Lokvata and Vinari Lazar's Star Above New York Pesna za stariot komita
  • ''Ubavinata i tainstvenosta na knigite''

Ivan Čapovski's Poetry Collection in English

BLACK HAWKS, WHITE MEGLENS,

Ivan Čapovski's Novel in English

  • ''The sorrow of Miles Franklin beneath the Mount Kajmakčalan''

Reviews of Čapovski's work

Zoran Čukič: Patnja kao sudbina 4 Jul. Beograd, 08.XII.1987.

Dr. Miodrag Drugovac: Obnova na ogledaloto, Nova Makedonija. 10 november, 1993.

Articles by Ivan Čapovski

  • Čapovski, Ivan. "." Razvitok. : 7-8. Print.
  • ": Šesta Mariovsko-Meglenska Kulturna Manifestacija." Makedonija. : 24-25. Print.
  • Čapovski, Ivan. tr. "Solunson." Nova Makedonija. 47. Print.
  • Современост : списание за литература, уметност и општествени прашања. ISSN 0038-5972. - year. 41, number. 1-4, pages. 117-118
  • Čapovski, Ivan, Kosta Racin and Mekavata.
  • ISSN 1409-8180. - Year. 3, number. 12, p. 46
  • Ivan's snow, 1997. Sum, Art magazine. https://plus.mk.cobiss.net/opac7/bib/61445130
  • Biser, Čapovski Ivan. Ulaznica : časopis za kulturu, umetnost i društvena pitanja. ISSN 0503-1362. - 32, Number. 156, p. 67
  • . Толкувања. - p. 111
  • Стремеж : списание за литературни, културни и општествени прашања. ISSN 0039-2294. - year. 46, number. 11-12, pages. 75-77
  • Епитафи кон песните "Песни - надвор од времето" враќање, враќање од убавината од која исчезнавме, Современост. ISSN 0038-5972. - year. 52, number. 4, pages. 24-42
  • Црни досиеја во името на мртви идеологии : кон текстот "Идеологија и литература", Синтези. ISSN 1409-6102. - Бр. 3, стр. 66-68
  • Евангелист Матеја = The Evangelist Matthew, Čapovski, Ivan. Синтези : македонски книжевен гласник. ISSN 1409-6102. - number. 8, p. 2
  • Ѕвездените коски, Čapovski Ivan. Синтези. ISSN 1409-6102. - number. 19, pages. 54-57

Ivan Čapovski's poems in various anthologies

  • tr. Antologija na makedonskata revolucionerna poezija Anthology of the contemporary Macedonian poetry in Hungarian language: ASZÓ SZÜLETÉSE, MAI MAKEDÓN KÖLTÖK, EURÓPA KÖNYVKIADÖ Anthology of the contemporary Macedonian poetry in German language: MODERNE MAKEDONISCHE LYRIK, STUTTGART, 1978Anthology of the contemporary Macedonian poetry in Russian language: Писня Жеми Македонска љубовна поезија, Struga, Struga Poetry Evenings (SPE), 1973
  • Четири песнички круга: избор из нове македонске поезије. edited by Georgi Stardelov; translated from Macedonian Slobodan Mickoviќ.-Skopje: National and University Library "St, Kliment of Ohrid", 1974.). Struga, Struški večeri na poezijata].
  • Stojčevski, Sande, Mihail Rendžov, Ivan Čapovski, Jovan Pavlovski, Bogomil Ǵuzel, Trajan Petrovski, Danica Ručigaj, et al. 1990. NAPRAVI čudo za mene. Skopje: Kultura.
  • Kitevski, Marko, Rade Siljan, and Ivan Čapovski. tr. . Print.
  • Retrieved 26 September 2020. The island of Iaros, Chapovski Ivan : The Macedonian P.E.N.. ISSN 1409-813X. - p. 41

Awards

In 2010 Čapovski was awarded the Macedonian National Award for Science, Arts and Education, ‘23 October Award’, for his life work.
His book of poetry Beautiful Razdelina was awarded the distinguished ‘13 November Award’, his novels Fog and The Blood of the Eucalyptus tree received the 'Kosta Racin Award' and the 'Stale Popov Award'. His novel Snake received the “Misla Publishing House Award” for the best novel of the year. In 2014 he was awarded 'Literary Scepter' Книжевно жезло.