The Most Famous

WRITERS from North Macedonia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Macedonian Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 9 of which were born in North Macedonia. This makes North Macedonia the birth place of the 72nd most number of Writers behind New Zealand, and Colombia.

Top 9

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Macedonian Writers of all time. This list of famous Macedonian Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Stobaeus (401 - 401)

With an HPI of 67.32, Stobaeus is the most famous Macedonian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Joannes Stobaeus (; Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Στοβαῖος; fl. 5th-century AD), from Stobi in Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containing two books each. The two volumes became separated in the manuscript tradition, and the first volume became known as the Extracts (also Eclogues) and the second volume became known as the Anthology (also Florilegium). Modern editions now refer to both volumes as the Anthology. The Anthology contains extracts from hundreds of writers, especially poets, historians, orators, philosophers and physicians. The subjects range from natural philosophy, dialectics, and ethics, to politics, economics, and maxims of practical wisdom. The work preserves fragments of many authors and works which otherwise might be unknown today.

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2. Maximus the Greek (1475 - 1556)

With an HPI of 62.88, Maximus the Greek is the 2nd most famous Macedonian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

Maximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maksim Grek (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Γραικός; Russian: Максим Грек; c. 1475 – c. 1556), was a Greek monk, publicist, writer, scholar, and translator active in Russia. He is also called Maximos the Hagiorite (Μάξιμος ὁ Ἁγιορίτης), as well as Maximus the Philosopher. His signature was Maximus Grecus Lakedaimon (lit. Maximus the Greek of, and originating from, Lakedaimonia) and his family origins were probably from Mystras, a location in Laconia, which was the geographical site of Ancient Sparta in the Peloponnese. Canonised in 1988, he is venerated as a saint by Eastern Orthodox Christians; with a feast day on 21 January.

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3. Grigor Parlichev (1830 - 1893)

With an HPI of 59.04, Grigor Parlichev is the 3rd most famous Macedonian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Grigor Stavrev Parlichev (Bulgarian: Григор Ставрев Пърличев; Macedonian: Григор Ставрев Прличев, romanized: Grigor Stavrev Prličev; 18 January 1830 – 25 January 1893), also known as Grigorios Stavridis (Greek: Γρηγόριος Σταυρίδης), was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. He received acclaim as a "second Homer" in Greece for his poem O Armatolos. Afterwards, he became a Bulgarian national activist. His other notable works include the poems Skenderbeg, 1762 leto, and his autobiographical work Autobiography. In North Macedonia and Bulgaria, he is regarded as a pioneer of national awakening, but his national identity has been also disputed between both countries.

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4. Georgi Pulevski (1817 - 1893)

With an HPI of 58.76, Georgi Pulevski is the 4th most famous Macedonian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Georgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji, Gjorgjija Pulevski or Đorđe Puljevski (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Пулевски or Ѓорѓија Пулевски, Bulgarian: Георги Пулевски, Serbian: Ђорђе Пуљевски; 1817 – 13 February 1893), was a Mijak revolutionary, self-styled lexicographer, self-taught grammarian, historian, textbook writer, ethnographer and poet. Pulevski was born in Galičnik, he trained as a stonemason and later became a self-taught writer. He is known as one of the first authors to express the idea of a distinct Macedonian nation and Macedonian language.

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5. Kočo Racin (1908 - 1943)

With an HPI of 58.32, Kočo Racin is the 5th most famous Macedonian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Kosta Apostolov Solev (Cyrillic: Коста Апостолов Солев; 22 December 1908 – 13 June 1943), primarily known by his pen name Kočo Racin (Кочо Рацин), was a Macedonian poet, writer and communist who is considered a founder of modern Macedonian literature. He is also regarded as a founder of modern Macedonian poetry. Racin wrote in prose too and created some significant works with themes from history, philosophy, and literary critique. He also wrote in Serbian and Bulgarian.

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6. Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884 - 1958)

With an HPI of 57.62, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı is the 6th most famous Macedonian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (born Ahmet Âgâh; 2 December 1884 – 1 November 1958), known by the pen name Yahya Kemal, was a Turkish poet, author, politician and diplomat.

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7. Sevasti Qiriazi (1871 - 1949)

With an HPI of 56.15, Sevasti Qiriazi is the 7th most famous Macedonian Writer.  Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Sevasti Qiriazi-Dako (Sevasti D. Kyrias) (ca. 1871–1949) was an Albanian patriot, educator, Protestant missionary, author, pioneer of Albanian female education, and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

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8. Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910 - 1963)

With an HPI of 53.14, Gjorgji Abadžiev is the 8th most famous Macedonian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Gjorgi Abadžiev (7 October 1910 in Dojran, Ottoman Empire – 2 August 1963 in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia; Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Абаџиев Bulgarian: Георги Абаджиев; Serbian: Đorđi Abadžiev, also spelled Georgi Abadzhiev) was a Macedonian prosaist and publicist. From 1915 to 1948 he lived in Bulgaria where he studied at the Faculty of Law in Sofia (1932-1937). Later he moved to SR Macedonia where he became a historian and writer. Abadžiev died on August 2, 1963, in Skopje. He published his works in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian.

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9. Lidija Dimkovska (b. 1971)

With an HPI of 49.58, Lidija Dimkovska is the 9th most famous Macedonian Writer.  Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Lidija Dimkovska (Macedonian: Лидија Димковска), born 1971, is a Macedonian poet, novelist and translator. She was born in Skopje and studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje. She proceeded to obtain a PhD in Romanian literature at the University of Bucharest. She has taught Macedonian language and literature at the University of Bucharest and world literature at the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia. Dimkovska was also an editor at Blesok, the online Macedonian literary journal. She now lives in Ljubljana, working as a freelance writer and translator of Romanian and Slovenian literature. She has dual Macedonian/Slovenian citizenship.

People

Pantheon has 9 people classified as Macedonian writers born between 401 and 1971. Of these 9, 1 (11.11%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Macedonian writers include Lidija Dimkovska. The most famous deceased Macedonian writers include Stobaeus, Maximus the Greek, and Grigor Parlichev. As of April 2024, 9 new Macedonian writers have been added to Pantheon including Stobaeus, Maximus the Greek, and Grigor Parlichev.

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Overlapping Lives

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