Irena Jordanova
Encyclopedia
Irena Jordanova is a Macedonian
writer. She graduated from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, the Department of World and Comparative Literature. She lives in Skopje
with her partner and her son.
Irena Jordanova published her first story titled: "Streets" in a joint student publication named "Calculation at WCL”. She also published short stories in various Macedonian literary magazine
s. Her first novel “In Between” was published in 2008 and this novel was finalist for the prestige national Novel of the Year Award by daily newspaper "Utrinski vesnik”. With her creative prose she participated in numerous events, readings, conferences and she took part of the International Biennial of Young Artists from Europe (The International Association of the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe) in 2009. In 2010 she published her second novel: "The Catalyst 33". The critics find her writing style as a fiction with bold self-irony; it is a fiction that shows, at the same time, a broad literary culture and a full range of storytelling techniques. Using different kind of "shifts" she is playing with meanings and allusions. The permanent dialogue between "I and the Other" she is moving everything that is "fixed" in "mobile" creating "new ethic" within the traditional literary norms. In her works there is a predominance of bizarre as aesthetic and ethical element creating original storytelling line.
"The Catalyst" (2010) Skopje: Ili Ili Publishing
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
writer. She graduated from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, the Department of World and Comparative Literature. She lives in Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
with her partner and her son.
Irena Jordanova published her first story titled: "Streets" in a joint student publication named "Calculation at WCL”. She also published short stories in various Macedonian literary magazine
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
s. Her first novel “In Between” was published in 2008 and this novel was finalist for the prestige national Novel of the Year Award by daily newspaper "Utrinski vesnik”. With her creative prose she participated in numerous events, readings, conferences and she took part of the International Biennial of Young Artists from Europe (The International Association of the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe) in 2009. In 2010 she published her second novel: "The Catalyst 33". The critics find her writing style as a fiction with bold self-irony; it is a fiction that shows, at the same time, a broad literary culture and a full range of storytelling techniques. Using different kind of "shifts" she is playing with meanings and allusions. The permanent dialogue between "I and the Other" she is moving everything that is "fixed" in "mobile" creating "new ethic" within the traditional literary norms. In her works there is a predominance of bizarre as aesthetic and ethical element creating original storytelling line.
Books
"In Between" (2008) Skopje: Ili Ili Publishing"The Catalyst" (2010) Skopje: Ili Ili Publishing