Bio-bibliographical notes on members
Sande Stojčevski
poet, essayist, literary critic, translator. Born 16th September 1948 in the village of Studena Bara, Kumanovo. Graduated from the Faculty of Philology in Skopje. Was a journalist, then editor of the educational programme of Radio Skopje, editor, editor-in-chief and director of the Makedonska kniga publishing house, also editor-in-chief of the periodical Razgledi. Works at the St. Kliment Ohridski National Library in Skopje. President of the Racinovi sredbi Balkan Literary Festival. Member of the Macedonian Writers' Association since 1972. Works: The King of the Swans (poetry, 1972), Lanterns Through the Fog (poetry, 1977), Golden Bough (poetry, 1980), The Excitement of the Core (essays, 1982), The Evening Poem (poetry, 1985), Mount Abor (poetry, 1987), The Great Urge (essays, 1988), Hunting the Glow (poetry, 1990), A Bay Facing Clarity (poetry, 1990), Autumn in Space (poetry, 1991), The Joy of Reading (essays, 1991), Not a Day Without Mushrooms (a book on nature and joy), Kuboa (poetry, 1993), The Cover Queen (poetry, 1994), In Praise of Conversation (conversations and essays, 1994), Fear of Silence (essays, 1995), Harmony (poetry,1995), Summit (poetry, 1996), Perfection or Perfection (poetical essays, 1997), (Z)aum (epic poem, 1999), The Great Lyrical Poem (essays, 1999), Loose Yarn is the World (poetry, 2003). Co-author of Macedonian Literature in Literary Criticism in five volumes (1973).
Awards include: "Kočo Racin", "Grigor Prličev, "Dimitar Mitrev".
