| Kole Nedelkovski | |
| Birth Name: | Nikola Krstev Nedelkov |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Vojnica, near Veles, Ottoman Empire |
| Death Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation: | Poet and communist |
| Genre: | Revolutionary poetry |
| Notableworks: | M'skavici and Peš po svetot |
Kole Nedelkovski (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Коле Неделковски) was a Macedonian revolutionary and poet,[1] and member of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He was a member of the Macedonian Literary Circle and he published two poetry books. Today, Nedelkovski is seen as one of the founders of the modern Macedonian poetry.[2]
He was born in Vojnica, near Veles, Ottoman Empire as Nikola Krảstev Nedelkov.[3] Hunted from the Serbian police he emigrated to Bulgaria in 1933. In Sofia, Nedelkovski joined the Macedonian Literary Circle.[2] Later, he became a member of the Yugoslavian Communist Party. In the summer of 1941 he joined an illegal group of the Yugoslavian Communist Party and came under police scrutiny. He exercised with subversive cases in his capacity as a member of the Central Military Commission at the Central Committee of the BCP. Nedelkovski ended his life escaping the police in Sofia in 1941, by jumping from an attic window.[4]
His poem "A Voice from Macedonia" (Glas od Makedonija) is one of the most famous revolutionary poems in the Macedonian literature. His poetry describes the difficult life of the Macedonian people prior to World War II and glorifies the communist ideas and fight against capitalism. Nedelkovski's poems were published in Skopje-Veles dialect.
Nedelkovski published two poetry books:[5]