Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
and mk, Коле Неделковски) was a
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
revolutionary and poet,The Former Yugoslavia's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook Matjaž Klemenčič, Mitja Žagar, p. 146 and member of the
Bulgarian Communist Party
The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP; bg, Българска Комунистическа Партия (БКП), Balgarska komunisticheska partiya (BKP)) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 198 ...
. He was a member of the Macedonian Literary Circle and he published two poetry books. Today, Nedelkovski is seen as one of the founders of the modern Macedonian poetry.Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia D. Bechev, p. 160.
Biography
He was born in
Vojnica
Vojnica ( mk, Vojnica) is a village in the municipality of Čaška, North Macedonia.
Name
The village is known as ''Vojnicë'' in Albanian.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 11 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in ...
, near Veles, Ottoman Empire as Nikola Krảstev Nedelkov. Hunted from the Serbian police he emigrated to Bulgaria in 1933. In Sofia, Nedelkovski joined the '' Macedonian Literary Circle''. Later, he became a member of the
Bulgarian Communist Party
The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP; bg, Българска Комунистическа Партия (БКП), Balgarska komunisticheska partiya (BKP)) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 198 ...
. In the summer of 1941 he joined an illegal group of the Bulgarian Communist Party and came under police scrutiny. He exercised with subversive cases in his capacity as a member of the Central Military Commission at the Central Committee of the BCP. Nedelkovski ended his life escaping the police in Sofia in 1941, by jumping from an attic window.
Works
His poem "A Voice from Macedonia" (''Glas od Makedonij''a) is one of the most famous revolutionary poems in the
Macedonian literature
Macedonian literature ( mk, македонска книжевност) begins with the Ohrid Literary School in the First Bulgarian Empire (nowadays North Macedonia) in 886. These first written works in the dialects of the Old Church Slavonic w ...
. His
poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
describes the difficult life of the Macedonian people prior to
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
and glorifies the communist ideas and fight against
capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, pric ...
. Nedelkovski's poems were published in
Skopje-Veles dialect
The Skopje-Veles dialect ( mk, Скопско-велешки дијалект, ) is a member of the central subgroup of the Western group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken by a larger group of people in the cities Skopje and Vele ...
Macedonian writers
This is a List of Macedonian writers: notable Macedonian historians, philosophers, scientists, laboratory specialists, authors, and writers who were born in Macedonia or published in standard/dialectal Macedonian.
:Note: ''This list is incomple ...
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Macedonian literature
Macedonian literature ( mk, македонска книжевност) begins with the Ohrid Literary School in the First Bulgarian Empire (nowadays North Macedonia) in 886. These first written works in the dialects of the Old Church Slavonic w ...