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Luan Starova
short story writer, novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, scholar. Writes in Albanian, Macedonian and French. Born 14th August 1941 in Pogradec (Albania). Graduated from the Faculty of Philology in Skopje. He gained his M.A. and Ph.D. in French and Comparative Literature in Zagreb. University professor and diplomat (Ambassador of R.Macedonia to France, Portugal, Spain and UNESCO). Member of the Macedonian Writers’ Association since 1970.
Works: People and Bridges (travelogue, 1971), Confines of Spring (novel, 1971), Barricades of Time (travelogue, 1976), Approaches (essays and literary studies, 1977), Relations (essays and literary studies of Balkan literatures, 1982), Chinese spring (travelogue, 1984), Friends (travelogue and essays, 1986), Continuity (literary essays, 1988), Mythical Bird (short novel, 1991), Poems from Carthagena (poetry, 1991), The Bridge of love (novel, 1992), Father’s Books (novel, 1992), Time of the Goats (novel, 1993), The Balkan Key (short stories, 1995), French literary studies - 20th century (essays and literary studies, 1995), An Atheistic Museum (novel, 1997), Transplanted Land (1998), Journey of the Eels (novel, 2000).
Awards include: “11th October”, “13th November”, “Grigor Prlicev”, “Stale Popov”. Has also received international awards.
