Nikola "Kole" Čašule ( cyrl, Коле Чашуле; March 2, 1921 – September 22, 2009) was a

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n essayist, dramatist, short story writer and ambassador. Chashule was one of the founders of the Macedonian Writers' Association and served as the organization's president. Čašule was born as Nikola Kepev in the town of

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, in the present-day

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. From 1938 till the beginning of the

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, he studied medicine at the

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. In May 1941, together with other students from Vardar Macedonia, he left for Sofia to continue his studies. There he met

Nikola Vaptsarov Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov ( bg, Никола Йонков Вапцаров; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the ...

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and

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. He was a member of the partisan communist group that started the communist resistance against Bulgarian occupation on October 11, 1941 in Prilep. In 1942, Čašule was arrested and sentenced in Bulgaria to death, as the organizer of an assassination attempt against the former IMRO activist Mane Machkov. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was imprisoned in

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near

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. In 1944, he joined the guerrilla units. In 1946, Čašule and

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, as members of the judicial council, sentenced

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to 11 years in prison. Čašule worked as the editor of two Macedonian magazines, ''Nov den'' and ''

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''. He also served as the director of

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and the Drama Director for the Macedonian National Theatre. Casule was named an honorary member of the

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. Čašule was the recipient of several major Yugoslavian awards, including the ''Marin Drzić'' for dramatic work, the ''July 4'' award, the '' Sterijina nagrada'', the ''October 11'' award, the ''Stale Popov'' and the '' Misla'', which he was awarded for his entire body of work. Additionally, Chashule diplomatically represented Yugoslavia. He was Yugoslavia's ambassador to

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and

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. He also served as a consul to Canada. Kole Chashule died on September 22, 2009, at the age of 88.

Notable works

* 1948 – ''An Evening'' (''Edna večer'') * 1950 – ''The Collective'' (''Zadruga'') * 1957 – ''Twig in the Wind'' (''Vejka na vetrot'') * 1958 – ''Furrow'' (''Brazda'') * 1960 – ''Darkness'' (''Crnila'') * 1962 – ''The Game'' (''Igra'')

References

1921 births 2009 deaths Yugoslav writers Yugoslav Partisans members Macedonian writers Magazine editors Macedonian dramatists and playwrights Macedonian diplomats Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to Brazil Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to Bolivia Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to Peru 20th-century dramatists and playwrights People from Prilep {{NorthMacedonia-bio-stub