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Tome Momirovski
short story writer, novelist, essayist, literary critic, translator. Born 4th April 1927 in Kicevo. Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. Was editor-in-chief with the journals Idnina (Skopje), Kulturen zivot (Belgrade), the Mlad Borec newspaper (Skopje), and Radio Skopje. Also editor of the literary journals Soveremenost, Kulturen zivot and Pogledi in Skopje. Was Minister of Culture of S.R.Macedonia, President of the Cultural-Educational Community of Macedonia, President of the Comission for Culture and Art of the Federal Conference of Yugoslavia. Honorary vice-president of the Macedonian P.E.N. Centre. Member of the Macedonian Writers’ Association since 1957 and its secretary.
Works: Eaves and Sands (travelogue, 1956), Steps (short stories, 1957), The Sinful Week (novel, 1961), Restlessness (short stories and novellas, 1969), Sleepless Years (novel, 1972), Culture, Cultural Values and the Young (essay, 1975), Young Elms (story, 1976), Relations and Syntheses (essays and criticism, 1978), Culture and Environment (essays, 1979), Voluntary Workers (novel, 1982), Raising (drama, 1983), Forged Poem (an anthology of Macedonian poetry, 1984), Ideas and Creativity (essays and criticism, 1984), Brightness (short stories and novellas, 1984), Talia from Ohrid (monodrama, 1985), Whirlpool (short stories, 1986), Cultural Cooperation and the Communal Spirit (monograph, 1987), Bela (novella for children, 1987), Selected Works (in five volumes, 1987), Crossroads (essays and criticism, 1990), The Torchbearer from Prespa (monograph - Mite Bogoevski, 1992), Boat (novel, 1992), Young Branches (short stories for children, 1993), A Painted Country (essays, travelogue, 1995), Snowflakes (stories for children, 1996), After Midnight (novel, 1998), Mladbelina (poetry, 2000).
