ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Petre Nakovski, a novelist and translator, was born on July 17, 1937 in the village Krchishta, Kostur Region, Aegean (Greek occupied) Macedonia. He completed his pedagogical education in Poland and his Philosophical education at the Faculty of Philology in Skopje. He received his PhD from the Institute of Political Sciences at the University of Vroclavskiot in Poland, with the thesis entitled “Macedonian children in Poland 1948-1968”, published in Skopje in 1987.

Petre was a journalist for “Vecher” and “Nova Makedonija”. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Petre was the first Ambassador from the Republic of Macedonia to serve in the Republic of Poland (1995-1999).

He has been member of the Macedonian Writers’ Association since 1989.

He is the author of several short stories published in Macedonian periodicals as well as the books: “Postela na chemernite” (a novel 1985), “Makedonski Detsa vo Polska 1948-1968” (doctoral thesis 1987), “I kamenot e zemia” (a novel 1988), “Golemata udolnitsa” (a novel 2003), “Golemata izmama” (a novel 2007), “Makedonskite begaltsi vo Polska 1948-1975” (a selection of documents 2008), and “Na pat so vremeto” (a novel 2010).

All of the novels mentioned above have been translated from Macedonian to English by Risto Stefov for free. The printing of 100 copies of the novel “On the road of time” was paid for by Dr. Lefter Manche.

Petre has translated and published 46 literary works and numerous other papers from Polish to Macedonian. He has also translated numerous poems and stories by Macedonian authors into Polish, including the drama “Tsrnila” by Kole Chasule (performed on stage in the Polish city Katowice (1971)), an anthology of contemporary Macedonian poetry entitled “Pesni od Ohrid”, published in Krakow in 1974, a selection of poetry by Rade Silyan “Tragi na vremeto”

(2010), and “Pragot na minatoto” by Traian Petrovski (2014) published in Torunie by the publisher “Adam Marshalek”.

Petre has won the “Golden pen” and the “Kiril Peichinovich” awards for his translation opus. In Poland he was awarded the “Gold Medal of Merit for Polish culture” (1976, with the ZAiKS (Association of all Polish authors (1982) award), the “Golden Marshal Award” (1999, the President of Poland distinguishes successful ambassadors with this award) and the medal “BENE MERITO” awarded to Petre by the Republic of Poland Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen cooperation between the two countries (2010).

Petre is married to Ditta (Aphrodite) and is father to two daughters, Milenka and Tatiana.

Petre Nakovski’s novels were the subject of Tatiana Pelivanova’s master’s thesis entitled “Literature of fact in Peter Nakovski’s novels”, defended on February 14, 2014 before a committee consisting of Professors Dr. Venko Andonovski, Dr. Christina Nikolovska, and Dr. Vesna Mojsovska-Chepishevska at the University of “Sv. Kiril i Metodi” under the mentorship of Professor Dr. Kristina Nikolovska.