Bogomil Gjuzel (1939)
a
poet,
playwright, essayist and translator. Education: graduated from the
Faculty of Philolosophy, Department of English Language and Literature, Sts.
Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Artistic program
director of Struga Poetry Evenings festival, 1971-1993. Worked as a dramaturge
at the "Dramski teatar" in Skopje. Presently, director of Struga Poetry Evenings
festival. Publications in Macedonian: Poetry: Medovina (Mead),
1962; Alhemiska ruzha (Alchemical Rose), 1963; Mironosci (Libation
Bearers), 1965; Odisej vo pekolot (Odysseus in Hell) (selection),
1969; Bunar na vremeto (A Well in Time), 1972; Trkalo na godinata (The
Wheel of the Year), 1977; Stvarnosta e sè (Reality is All), 1980;
Opsada (Siege), 1981; Prazen prostor (The Empty Space), 1982; Mrak
i mleko (Darkness and Milk), 1986; Rushejkji go dzidot
(Destroying the Wall), 1989; Odbrana poezija (Selected Poetry)
(selection), 1991; Essays: Istorijata kako mashtea (History as a
Stepmother), 1971; Travelogues: Kukja cel svet (The Whole
World Is a House), 1974; Plays: Mito-storii (Mytho-Stories),
1982; Stories: Legendi (Legends), 1984. Represented in all
anthologies of contemporary Macedonian poetry. Selections of his poetry in
translation: (in Serbian) – Medovina, Krushevac, 1972; Pesme/Pesni,
Belgrade, 1981; (in Slovenian) – Riba smisla, Ljubljana, 1985; (in
English) – Three, Iowa, USA, 1972; The Wreckage Reconsidered,
Chattanooga, USA, 1996. Has translated eight plays by Shakespeare, plays from G.
B. Shaw, E. Bond, S. Shepard, E. O'Neill, S. Beckett, H. Pinter, B. Henley, and
selections from T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, E. Dickinson, C. Simic. Has co-edited
and translated into Macedonian an anthology of contemporary American poetry.
Awards: (domestic) – Brakja Miladinovci (twice); (abroad) – Aleksa
Shantikj (Croatia).
¤ Bogomil Gjuzel: The
Hermit and the Savage
