Goce Smilevski (1975)
a yogi, for whom writing is a kind
of meditation. He was educated at the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in
Skopje (Comparative Literature), at Charles University in Prague (Czech language
and Czech Literature), and at the Central European University in Budapest
(Gender & Culture Studies). He worked as a shop-assistant in Prague, as a
teacher of Macedonian language in Kavadarci, and as an archivist in Skopje.
Novels: Razgovori so Spinoza (Conversations with Spinosa), 2000.
Awards: Blazhe Koneski, essay award for "Incest in The
Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner and Man Without Qualities by
Robert Musil"; "Sts. Cyril and Methodius," on the occasion of the tenth
anniversary of Skopje University. In the material world he tries to live like a
lotus in the Ganges river: surrounded by water, but yet—dry.
¤ Goce Smilevski:
Twin Sisters
