Nikola Madzirov (poet, essayist, translator) was born in 1973 in Strumica, R.Macedonia. His poems are translated into more than thirty languages. For the book Relocated Stone (2007) was given the East European Hubert Burda poetry award and the most prestigious Macedonian poetry prize Miladinov Brothers at Struga Poetry Evenings. Other awards include Studentski Zbor award for best debut in Macedonia and Xu Zhimo Silver Leaf award for European poetry at King’s College, Cambridge. American jazz composer and collaborator of Björk and Lou Reed — Oliver Lake, and Italian classical composer Angelo Inglese have composed music based on Madzirov's poems. He was granted several international fellowships: International Writing Program (IWP) at University of Iowa in USA; DAAD in Berlin; Marguerite Yourcenar in France; IWW in Hong Kong and Passa Porta in Brussels. At the moment he is “writer-in-residence” in Zug, Switzerland. Nikola Madzirov is one of the coordinators of the international poetry network Lyrikline. Mark Strand wrote: Madzirov's poetry is like discovering a new planet in the solar system of the imagination.
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