MACEDONIAN LITERATURE

The first representatives of modern Macedonian literature made their appearance at the beginning of the 19th century. Joakim Krcovski and Kiril Pejcinovik introduced the ideas and sentiments of Enlightenment and rationalism. After them, the development of Macedonian Literature has been marked by the work of Dimitar and Konstantin Miladinov, Grigor Prlicev, and Rajko Zinzifov from the period of the middle of the 19th century. It was further developed in the 20th century by Vojdan Cernodrinski, Nikola Kirov - Majski and Atanas Razdolov.
Then the development of Macedonian Literature continued with Koco Racin, who is considered to be the founder of the modern literature. The first post-war generation of Macedonian poets, prose writers and playwrights included Blaze Koneski, Aco Sopov, Slavko Janevski, Vlado Maleski and Kole Casule.
The new generation of Macedonian writers which appeared in the early 1950s, encompassing among others Gane Todorovski, Mateja Matevski, Dimitar Solev, Ante Popovski, Boris Visinski and Simon Drakul is still very active today. They were followed by a wider group of talented authors, from which we can single out Zivko Cingo, Petre M. Andreevski, Radovan Pavlovski, Jovan Koteski e.t.c.

Some of the people who contributed in the development of the Macedonian Literature

Kiril Pejcinovic

Dimitrija and Konstantin Miladinov

Grigor Prlicev

Rajko Zinzifov

Kuzman Sapkarev

Marko Cepenkov

Krste Petkov Misirkov

Vasil Iloski

Koco Racin

Kole Nedelkovski

Risto Krle

Blaze Koneski

Aco Sopov

Gane Todorovski

Ante Popovski

Slavko Janevski

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