The Most Famous
WRITERS from North Macedonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Macedonian Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 5,755 Writers, 8 of which were born in North Macedonia. This makes North Macedonia the birth place of the 71st most number of Writers behind Albania and Colombia.
Top 8
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.
1. Stobaeus (401 - 401)
With an HPI of 57.57, Stobaeus is the most famous Macedonian Writer. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Joannes Stobaeus (; 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.
2. Maximus the Greek (1475 - 1556)
With an HPI of 57.07, Maximus the Greek is the 2nd most famous Macedonian Writer. His biography has been translated into 24 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.
3. Grigor Parlichev (1830 - 1893)
With an HPI of 51.77, Grigor Parlichev is the 3rd most famous Macedonian Writer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Grigor Stavrev Parlichev (also spelled Prlichev, Parlitcheff or Prličev; Bulgarian: Григор Ставрев Пърличев, romanized: Grigor Stavrev Parlichev; Greek: Γρηγόριος Σταυρίδης, romanized: Grigorios Stavrides, Macedonian: Григор Прличев, romanized: Grigor Prličev) was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. He was born on January 18, 1830, in Ohrid, Ottoman Empire and died in the same town on January 25, 1893. Although he thought of himself as a Bulgarian, according to the Macedonian historiography he was an ethnic Macedonian.
4. Georgi Pulevski (1817 - 1893)
With an HPI of 50.30, Georgi Pulevski is the 4th most famous Macedonian Writer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Georgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji, Gjorgjija Pulevski or Đorđe Puljevski (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Пулевски or Ѓорѓија Пулевски, Bulgarian: Георги Пулевски, Serbian: Ђорђе Пуљевски; 1817–1895) was a Mijak writer and revolutionary. Pulevski was born in 1817 in Galičnik, then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and died in 1895 in Sofia, Principality of Bulgaria. Trained as a stonemason, he became a self-taught writer in matters relating to the Macedonian language and culture. He is known today as the first author to express publicly the idea of a Macedonian nation distinct from Bulgarian, as well as the idea of a separate Macedonian language. Despite Pulevski being an early adherent of Macedonism, because of his pro-Bulgarian military activity, in Bulgaria he is regarded as a Bulgarian.
5. Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884 - 1958)
With an HPI of 49.39, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı is the 5th most famous Macedonian Writer. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, born Ahmet Âgâh (2 December 1884 – 1 November 1958), generally known by the pen name Yahya Kemal, was a leading Turkish poet and author, as well as a politician and diplomat.
6. Kočo Racin (1908 - 1943)
With an HPI of 49.28, Kočo Racin is the 6th most famous Macedonian Writer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Kosta Apostolov Solev (Macedonian, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian: Коста Апостолов Солев; 22 December 1908 – 13 June 1943), primarily known by his pen name Kočo Racin (Macedonian, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian: 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.
7. Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910 - 1963)
With an HPI of 46.59, Gjorgji Abadžiev is the 7th 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.
8. Lidija Dimkovska (1971 - )
With an HPI of 40.40, Lidija Dimkovska is the 8th most famous Macedonian Writer. Her biography has been translated into 24 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.
Pantheon has 8 people classified as writers born between 401 and 1971. Of these 8, 1 (12.50%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living writers include Lidija Dimkovska. The most famous deceased writers include Stobaeus, Maximus the Greek, and Grigor Parlichev. As of April 2022, 1 new writers have been added to Pantheon including Georgi Pulevski.
Living Writers
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Stobaeus
401 - 401
HPI: 57.57
Maximus the Greek
1475 - 1556
HPI: 57.07
Grigor Parlichev
1830 - 1893
HPI: 51.77
Georgi Pulevski
1817 - 1893
HPI: 50.30
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
1884 - 1958
HPI: 49.39
Kočo Racin
1908 - 1943
HPI: 49.28
Gjorgji Abadžiev
1910 - 1963
HPI: 46.59
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