Vlado Maleski (Macedonian: Владо Малески; 5 September 1919 – 23 September 1984) was a Macedonian writer, publisher and partisan.[1] He published several novels and short stories, was the author of the Macedonian national anthem "Denes nad Makedonija" (English: "Today over Macedonia"), and the script for the first Macedonian-language movie, Frosina. For his extensive contributions to the country's literature, Maleski is regarded as part of "the first generation of Macedonian prose writers".[2] He was also a Yugoslav diplomat.
Vlado Maleski | |
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| Born | 5 September 1919 Struga, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 23 September 1984 Struga, Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Author |
Biography
editVlado Maleski was born in Struga in 1919.[1] Maleski completed his elementary schooling in Shkodra, Albania, and his secondary schooling in Bitola. He enrolled in the University of Belgrade's Law School but did not finish his studies because of the Second World War. During the war, he was an active participant in the National Liberation War of Macedonia. He wrote the lyrics of the Macedonian national anthem "Today over Macedonia" in his hometown.[3] After the war, he became one of the most prominent writers in contemporary Macedonian. Soon after, Maleski became a director of Radio Skopje.[1] He sat on the editorial board of the first Macedonian publishing house.[4] Maleski was also part of the Commission for Language and Orthography that submitted recommendations to the government on standardizing the Macedonian alphabet, which were subsequently accepted.[5]
During his professional life, Maleski was ambassador to Lebanon, Ethiopia, and Poland and was a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. In 1946 he became a full member of the Association of Writers of Macedonia. He was the editor of the literary magazines "Sovremenost" and "Razgledi". He wrote the script of the first Macedonian-language movie Frosina.[6] Maleski received the following awards: "11 October", "4 July" and "AVNOJ". He died in 1984.[1] His son, Denko Maleski, was Republic of Macedonia's first minister of foreign affairs.
Works
edit- Ǵurǵina alova (stories, 1950)
- Branuvanja (stories, 1953)
- Ona što beše nebo (novel, 1958)
- Vojnata, luǵeto, vojnata (novel, 1967)
- Razboj (novel, 1969)
- Razgledi (articles, critics, 1976)
- Kažuvanja (stories, 1976)
- Zapisi na Ezerko Drimski (novel, 1980)
- Jazli (novel, 1990)
References
edit- ^ a b c d Bechev, Dimitar (April 13, 2009). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia. Scarecrow Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 9780810862951.
- ^ Rossos, Andrew (2008). Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History. Hoover Institution Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780817948825.
- ^ Csaba G. Kiss (2023). The Anthems of East-Central Europe: Reflections on the History of a National Symbol. Routledge. p. 55. ISBN 9781032332215.
- ^ Dimova, Rozita (2013). "The 'Nation of Poetry': Language, Festival and Subversion in Macedonia". History and Anthropology. 24 (1): 140. doi:10.1080/02757206.2012.759112. S2CID 153407028. (registration required)
- ^ Vidoeskit, Božidar (January 1998). "Five decades since the codification of the Macedonian language". International Journal of the Sociology of Language (131). doi:10.1515/ijsl.1998.131.13. S2CID 144432613. (registration required)
- ^ Dimitar Bechev (2019). Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 71. ISBN 9781538119624.