Branko Cvetkoski Biography

Branko Cvetkoski was born on 21st June 1954 in the village of Slatino, near Ohrid. He is a poet, literary critic, publicist and a translator. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and thereafter worked as a journalist at the Nova Makedonija Daily.

During the 1990s, he was editor and editor-in-chief at Kultura Publishing House, secretary of the Macedonian Writers’ Association, president of the Ratsin Meetings’ Council, director of the Macedonian National Theater, editor-producer at the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA) and editor-in-chief at the Stremez Literary Magazine, and was one of the founders of the Balkanika Literary Foundation. In 2000, he founded and was editor-in-chief for several years at Makavej Publishing House and editor-in-chief of the Knizevno Zitie Literary Magazine.