Petar Andonovski (born 1987, Kumanovo) is a writer from
North Macedonia
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He studied literature in Skopje
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, and now works for the Polica publishing house. He is known for the following works:
* the novel Телото во кое треба да се живее (The Body One Must Live In), winner of the 2015 National Novel of the Year Award
* Ментален простор (Mental Space, poetry collection, 2008)
* Oчи со боја на чевли (Shoe-colored Eyes, novel, 2013).
He won the 2020 EU Prize for Literature
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for the novel ''СТРАВ ОД ВАРВАРИ''.
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North Macedonia writers
1987 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
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