Vlado Maleski ( mk, Владо Малески; 5 September 1919 –

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, 23 September 1984) was a Yugoslav Macedonian writer,

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activist, publisher and revolutionary. He published several novels and short stories and was the author of the Macedonian national anthem "

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" and of the script for the first Macedonian movie, " Frosina".

Biography

Maleski completed his elementary schooling in Shkodra,

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, and his secondary schooling in

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. He enrolled the

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, but did not finish his studies because of the

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. During the war, he was an active participant in the National Liberation War of Macedonia. After the war, he became one of the most prominent writers in contemporary Macedonian. Soon after, Maleski became a director of

Radio Skopje Macedonian Radio Television (MRT; mk, Македонска радио-телевизија (МРТ), Makedonska radio-televizija (MRT)), officially National Radio-Television ( mk, Национална Радиотелевизија, Nacionalna ...

. During his professional life, Maleski was ambassador to

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and

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and was a member of the Presidency of the

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. In 1946 he became a full member of the Association of Writers of Macedonia. He was editor of the literary magazines "

Sovremenost Sovremenost is the oldest Macedonian magazine for literature, culture and art. It was created in 1951 as a direct successor of the first Macedonian magazine for art, science and social issues "Nov Den". The first issue of the first magazine for a ...

" and "Razgledi". Maleski was received the following awards: "11 October", "4 July" and "AVNOJ".

Works

* ''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

External links

Short biography in English

Vlado Maleski at the site of the Association of Writers of Macedonia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maleski, Vlado Macedonian writers People from Struga Yugoslav writers 20th-century male writers Yugoslav diplomats 1919 births 1984 deaths League of Communists of Macedonia politicians University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni National anthem writers