She is the recipient of numerous literary awards, and her work has been translated into more than 20 languages. Born in 1971 in skopje, she earned a doctoral degree in romanian literature in bucharest, where she lived for several years. She competed her phd in romanian literature at the university of bucharest, romania where she worked as a lecturer of macedonian language and literature. Lidija dimkovska prairie lights iowa city bookstore. How the yugoslav wars shaped a generation of writers. Dimkovska pins readers to the wall with rapidfire linguistic energy. Only someone of ideal weight can carry the cross upright poet and novelist lidija dimkovska was born in 1971 in macedonia and she earned a doctoral degree in romanian literature in bucharest.
In her native language she has published six books of poetry, three novels, and one american diary, and has edited three anthologies. Dimkovska lives and teaches in ljubljana, slovenia. She has published eight books and her work has been translated into over 20 languages. Grandma nonoui by lidija dimkovska an excerpt modern. She was born in skopje and studied comparative literature at the university of skopje. Lidija dimkovska reads from her novel a spare life.
She studied comparative literature at the university of skopje and took a phd in romanian literature at the university of bucharest, romania. Her book of poems ph neutral history was translated into english by ljubica arsovska and peggy reid. She proceeded to obtain a phd in romanian literature at the university of bucharest. Lidija dimkovska reads from her novel a spare life skylight. The war in eastern bosnia, 19921995 by joe sacco, people of the book b. These poems by lidija dimkovska have been translated from the original macedonian by ljubica arsovska and patricia marsh.
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