Poets

Katica Kjulavkova (1951) is a writer and academic. She has published over sixty books, as author (poetry, short fictions, essays) and editor. Some of her work, both academic and literary, is available in English translation. She is a full member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vice President of PEN International. Her poetry is rich with mythical and literary references, as well as images of femininity, eroticism, and passion; in her distinctive voice—terse, tidal, oracular—she captures moments of longing, loss, pleasure, and desperation, allowing them their multivalence, unflinching in the face of vulnerability. Her poetry is translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, and other languages.