Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (Macedonian

Macedonian language

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: Јовица Тасевски - Етернијан, pronounced jovitsa tasevski eternijan; born 25 July 1976, Skopje) is a renowned Macedonian

Republic of Macedonia

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 poet

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

, essay

Essay

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ist and literary critic.

He won The Enchanting Poet Award for excellent contribution in poetry writing, given by The Enchanting Verses Literary Review

The Enchanting Verses

The Enchanting Verses is a poetry e-magazine based in West Bengal, India. Since 2008 the magazine has published three to four issues per year featuring poetic works of both new and established poets. Some of the notable contributors to this magazine include Malay Roy Choudhury, Gopi Kottoor, K...

. His books were shortlisted twice for the most prestigious Macedonian poetry prize Miladinov Brothers and once for Dimitar Mitrev award given by the Macedonian Writers' Association for book of literary criticism and essays.

His poetry is published in a number of anthologies in Macedonia and abroad, it has appeared in many literary magazines and has been translated into several languages.

He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Macedonian literary magazine Stremež and a consultant for Macedonian poetry of the director of The Other Voices International Project, an anthology of world poetry endorsed by UNESCO.

He graduated from the Comparative Literature

Comparative literature

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 Department, Faculty of Philology in Skopje

Skopje

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.

Works in National and University Library "St. Clement of Ohrid" (Macedonian: "Свети Климент Охридски").

He is a member of the Macedonian Writers' Association, The Poetry Society and of the World Poets Society.

Books

• "Syntax of the Light" (selected poems translated into English by Maja Bakračeska; Skopje: St. Clement of Ohrid, National and University Library, 2011. 170 p. ISBN 978-608-232-098-4
• "Синтаксис на светлината" (Syntax of the Light; selected poems translated into Bulgarian by Petar Karaangov; Sofija : B'lgarski pisatel, Skopje : Makavej, 2010. 68 p. ISBN 978-954-443-818-0 and ISBN 978-608-205-063-8
• "Синтакса на светлината" (Syntax of the Light; selected poems, volume 91 in capital project "Macedonian literature"). Bitola : Mikena, 2008. 169 p. ISBN 978-9989-55-147-5
• "Посоки и огледи" (Directions and Reflections; literary criticism, essays and studies). Skopje : Makedonska reč, 2006. 145 p. ISBN 9989-163-25-1
• "Небесни стражи" (Heavenly Guards; poetry). Skopje : Makedonska reč, 2004. 56 p. ISBN 9989-2231-2-2
• "Клатно" (Pendulum; poetry). Skopje : Tri, 2001. 94 p. ISBN 9989-918-33-3
• "Постојното, плимата" (The Constant, the Tide; literary criticism, essays and studies). Skopje : Makavej, 2000. 168 p. ; 20 cm. ISBN 9989-922-04-7
• "Веда" (Lightning; poetry). Prilep : Spisanie za literatura, umetnost i kultura "Stremež" : Dom na kultura "Marko Cepenkov", 1998. 44 p. ISBN 9989-811-15-6
• "Визии. Глагол" (Visions. Verb; poetry). Skopje : Krajnički, 1997. 73 p. ISBN 9989-808-05-8
• "Нешто се слуша" (Something Can Be Heard; poetry). Skopje : Tasevski-Eternijan J., 1995. 59 p.

Other literary works

With Maja Apostoloska

Maja Apostoloska

Maja Apostoloska is an award-winning Macedonian poetess, essayist and literary critic. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the "Blaže Koneski" Faculty of Philology in Skopje, where she is currently attending Macedonian language postgraduate studies. She is an editor of literary...

he selected and edited an anthology of Macedonian poetry with religious, biblical and apocryphal motifs, published as a special issue of magazine "Stremež".
Also he is compiler of anthology of youth Macedonian poetry, entitled "Unidentified Celestial Bosom" (2001).