Nikola Madžirov Explained

Caption:Photo of Nikola Madzirov
Occupation:Author, poet, essayist, translator
Language:English, Macedonian
Nationality:Macedonian
Citizenship:Macedonian
Notableworks:Remnants of Another Age, Premesten kamen, A Way of Existing, Asphalt, yet sky
Awards:Miladinov Brothers poetry prize
Birth Place:Strumica, SFR Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia)
Birth Date:27 May 1973

Nikola Madžirov is a Macedonian poet, editor and translator.[1] He has been a guest at several literary festivals across the globe and has been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a recipient of Hubert Burda European Poetry Award, the Miladinov Brothers poetry prize and has been a writer in residence at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and LiteraturRaum in Berlin. His works have appeared in magazines like Words Without Borders, Poetry Foundation, and World Literature Today.[2]

Life

Nikola was born on 27 May 1973 in Strumica, then in SFR Yugoslavia, now in North Macedonia. He has worked as an essayist and editor besides being a poet and is an international coordinator for Lyrikline, Haus für Poesie, Berlin.[3] He won the Studentski Zbor award for best debut in Macedonia and subsequently the DJS award for contribution to international poetry in China.[4]

Reception

Oliver Lake, a jazz composer who has collaborated with Björk and Lou Reed, has created compositions based on Madžirov's poems. His book Remnants of Another Age, with a foreword by poet Carolyn Forché, has been translated into English, and published in German as Versetzter Stein.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile - Poetry Foundation. 2019-11-29.
  2. Web site: Author profile - Bloodaxe Books.
  3. Web site: Profile - Literature Across Frontiers.
  4. Web site: Nikola Madzirov- Kendal Poetry Festival.
  5. Web site: Boa Edition Author Profile.
  6. Web site: Lyrikline Author Link.