Simeon Simev Explained

Simeon Simev
Birth Place:	Štip, today North Macedonia
Occupation:	Poet, essayist, journalist

Simeon or Simyon Simev (born 30 May 1949 in Štip) is a poet, essayist and journalist in North Macedonia.

Biography

Simev studied history with history of arts at the Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He worked as a high school teacher, associate at the Ministry of Culture, journalist in the First Programme and editor in chief of Radio Culture (formerly known as Third Programme) in the Macedonian Radio.^[1]

Simev has published poetry, essays, studies in newspapers, magazines and periodical publications.^{[2] [3]} His poetry has been published in Bulgaria^[4] and Germany.^{[5] [6]}

Works

• Соспи (Snow drift). Skopje: Tabernakul, 1997. 68 pp. .
• Месечина огрева, сонце изгрева (The moon shines, the sun rises). Skopje: Nasha kniga, 1999. 66 pp. .
• Дамга (Stain). Skopje: Nasha kniga, 2002. 86 pp. .
• Шарената сенка: живопис, литература, музика (The motley shadow: Painting, Literature, Music). Skopje: Makavej, 2008. 159 pp. .
• Ронливи лета море далечно (Crumbling years faraway sea). Skopje: Simev S., 2010. 76 pp. .

External links

• The official website of Simeon Simev
• Во песокта (In the sand), "Snow drift".
• Ловци ја крадат ноќта (Huntsmen are hunting the night), "Snow drift".
• Вермер или исечок од тишината (Vermeer or an excerpt from the silence), "The motley shadow".

References

1. http://simjonsimev.blogspot.com/ The blog of Simeon Simev
2. Lettre internationale 13-14 (1999): 17.
3. Стремеж 9-10 (2001): 90-92.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708033540/http://e-literatur.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post_24.html Симеон Симев: В снега.
5. Norbert Randow und Johann P. Tammen (Hrsg.): Unverhoffte Himmel: Zeitgenössische makedonische Poesie. Bremerhaven: Wirtschaftsverlag NW, 2003. S. 71-84. .
6. Gabriella Schubert (Hg.): Makedonien: Prägungen und Perspektiven. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005. S. 220.