Katica Kulavkova Explained

Katica Kulavkova (Macedonian: Катица Ќулавкова, born 1951) is a Macedonian writer and academic. She has published over forty books, including twenty collections of poetry. Kulavkova is a professor in the philology faculty at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje and a vice president of the literary organization PEN International.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Katica (Kata) Kulavkova was born in Veles, People's Republic of Macedonia in 1951. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and her Ph.D., in 1986, from the University of Zagreb.^[4]

Kulavkova's career has focused on Macedonian poetic language. Her first scholarly work was Figurative Speech in Macedonian Poetry, published in 1984.^[5] Currently, she is a professor of theory of literature and literary hermeneutics at the University of Skopje.

She previously served as president of the Macedonian chapter of PEN International and has been a member of the Macedonian Writers’ Association since 1978.^[6] She has been a member of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Science since 2003.^[7] As of 2019 Kulavkova is also an executive committee member of the International Association for Semiotic Studies.^[8]

Works available in English

• Contemporary Macedonian Poetry, ed. Ewsald Osers (Forest, 1991)
• New European Poets, eds. Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer (Graywolf Press, 2008)^[9]
• Interpretations: European Research Project for Poetics & Hermeneutics, eds. Katica Ḱulavkova and Nataša Avramovska (Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2009)
• Six Macedonian Poets, ed. Igor Isakovski (Arc Publications, 2011) - bilingual anthology featuring Kulavkova alongside Elizabeta Bakovska, Lidija Dimkovska, Bogomil Gjuzel, Igor Isakovski, and Jovica Ivanovski^[10]

External links

• Website of Katica Kulavkova - in Macedonian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katica Kulavkova . Fekt - Fund for Cultural Education and Heritage . 1 May 2019 . 14 December 2016.
2. Web site: PEN Presidents and Vice Presidents . PEN International . 1 May 2019 . 26 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190426035118/https://pen-international.org/who-we-are/history/pen-presidents . dead .
3. Book: Livezeanu . Irina . Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: A Comprehensive Bibliography, Volume 1 . 2007 . M. E. Sharpe . 978-0765624444 . 384–385 . 1 May 2019.
4. Web site: Katica (Kata) Kulavkova . Diversity . 1 May 2019 . 15 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200815144041/http://diversity.org.mk/avtori/katica-kulavkova/?lang=en . dead .
5. Book: Segel . Harold B. . The Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe Since 1945: Albania (and Kosovo), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia (and Montenegro), Slovakia, Slovenia . 2003 . Columbia University Press . 9780231114042 . 284 . 1 May 2019 . en.
6. Web site: Katica Kulavkova . Blesok . 1 May 2019.
7. Web site: Kata Kulavkova (Macedonia) . Arc Publications . 3 May 2019.
8. Web site: IASS/AIS Executive Committee Members 2017-2019 . IASS-AIS . 3 May 2019 . 10 March 2010.
9. Book: Miller . Wayne . Prufer . Kevin . New European poets . WorldCat . Graywolf Press . 1 May 2019 . English . 2008. 166390172 .
10. Web site: Six Macedonian Poets . Arc Publications . 1 May 2019.