Poets

Gordana Mihailova Boshnakovska

Macedonia

Biography

Gordana Mihailova Boshnakoska was born in Bitola (Macedonia) on 1st of September 1940. Lives in Skopje. She worked as an editor in the National Macedonian Television and studied at the University “St. Chiril and Methodi” in Skopje. She writes poetry (14 books). For her book Mountains of cardboard boxes she was awarded with “Brother Miladinovci” in 1998 at “Struga’s poetry evenings”, and for her book Poem on the hill she was awarded by the Association of Macedonian writers “Aco Shopov” award. She writes poetry, prose, literary critics, essays on fine art. She worked on TV shows about literature and fine art. Her poetry has been published in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Greek, etc. Her prose was translated in Chech, Polish, Swedish, Croatian, etc. She has been a member of the Association of Macedonian writers since 1965 and a member of the Macedonian Pen Center since 1970.