Venko Markovski

Born:	March 5, 1915 Skopje, Kingdom of Serbia
Died:	January 7, 1988 Sofia, Bulgaria
Occupation(s):	writer, poet, politician
Nationality:	Bulgarian
Genre(s):	poems, history, sonnets

Venko Markovski (Bulagrian and Macedonian cyrillic: Венко Марковски) (March 3, 1915 - January 7, 1988) was a Bulgarian writer, poet, and politician from Macedonia. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Skopje (Macedonian: ) is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as the political, cultural, economical and academic centre of the country. ... Anthem: Bože Pravde [[Image:|250px|center|Location of the Kingdom of Serbia]] Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Serbian Government Monarchy  - King Milan (1882-1889)  - King Aleksandar (1889-1903)  - King Peter I (1903-1918) Proclamation March 6, 1882 Area  - Total  km² ([[List of countries and outlying territories by area|]])  sq... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Mayor Boyko Borisov Area    - City 1,310 km²  - Land (?) km²  - Water (?) km² Elevation 550 m Population    - City (15 September 2006) 1,246,791  - Density 907/km²  - Metro 1,377,761 Time zone EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3) Website... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or subject matter (content). ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... HIStory: Past, Present and Future – Book I is a two-disc album by Michael Jackson released in 1995 by the Epic Records division of Sony BMG. The first disc (HIStory Begins) is a fifteen-track greatest hits (later released as Greatest Hits - HIStory Volume I), while the second disc (HIStory... This article is about the sonnet form of poetry. ... Bulgarian (Български език, BÇŽlgarski ezik) is an Indo-European language, a member of the Southern branch of the Slavic languages. ... The Macedonian language (Македонски, Makedonski), or Slav-Macedonian , , , , , is a language in the Eastern group of South Slavic languages and is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Markovski was a key founder of the Macedonian literature. He published what was to be the first book written in the modern Macedonian language, "Narodni bigori", in 1938. He also published a number of poems in Bulgarian whilst living in Sofia, among them the sonnet crown "Dante Alighieri". The Macedonian language (Македонски, Makedonski), or Slav-Macedonian , , , , , is a language in the Eastern group of South Slavic languages and is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ...

In 1941 he was sent to a concentration camp "Enikyoi" by the Bulgarian police. In 1943-1944 he was a partisan in Macedonia, together with his wife and five-year old son, Mile. He wrote some of the most popular partisan marches songs of the Yugoslav partisans. Yugoslav Partisan Flag The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II, the Yugoslav Peoples Liberation War. ...

In 1944-1945 he participated in the Commission for the Creation of the Macedonian Alphabet. After end of World War II, Markovski was among the leaders of the newly-established Republic of Macedonia, as part of Yugoslavia. Venko Markovski is the author of the first Macedonian opera, "Goce". The modern Macedonian alphabet (as any Slavic Cyrillic alphabet) is ultimately based on the Cyrillic alphabet (кирилица) of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius; it is an adaptation of Vuk Karadžićs (Serbian) phonetic alphabet. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ...

In 1948, he broke relations with Tito, and as a result was sent several times to prison, including a five-year spell at Goli otok, the notorious Yugoslav concentration camp in the Adriatic sea. Venko Markovski wrote a book called "Goli Otok - the Island of Death" about this time. It was published in 1984 at the New York Columbia University Press. Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... Goli otok in Adriatic sea Goli otok (literal translation: barren island) is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rabs northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Republic of Croatias Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...

In 1965, after not being able to find a job in Yugoslavia, Markovski left the country and moved to live and make a career in Bulgaria.

Well accepted by the people of Bulgaria, he soon published a number of books in Bulgarian. Among many poems, dedicated to the idea of communism, he wrote also many sonnets, and published three books of sonnet crowns, dedicated to different historical figures - ranging from Dante Alighieri to Nikolay Dzhambazov. His sonnets and sonnet crowns are known also for using all different forms - Italian, English, Spenserian. Markovski also wrote "Saga of Testaments" - a history of Bulgaria in verses (total of 44,444 verses). This article is about the sonnet form of poetry. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... Synchronous Optical Networking, commonly known as SONET, is a standard for communicating digital information over optical fiber. ...

Venko Markovski was a member of the Bulgarian Writers' Union, and a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1979), and was awarded highest Bulgarian orders, among them Hero of the Socialist Labour (1975), and Hero of Bulgaria (1985). He was member of several Parliaments from 1971 until his death in 1988. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was married and had two children.

Bibiliography

Venko Markovski has published more than 50 books. Among them:

• Narodni bigori (1938)
• Klime (1945)
• Legenda za Goce (1968) - a play
• Kravta voda ne stava (1971, 2002) - research on the history of Republic of Macedonia
• Predania zavetni (1978, also in Russian)
• Pismo do drugarkata (1979)
• Sudbovni machenici (1981) - sonnet crowns
• Buntovni voshtenici (1983) - sonnet crowns
• Vekovni varvolici (1984) - sonnet crowns

Many of his books can be found at the Library of Congress, or the New York Public Library. Anthem: (Macedonian for Today over Macedonia) Capital (and largest city) Skopje Macedonian, Albanian1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Branko Crvenkovski  - Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Independence from Yugoslavia   - Declared September 8, 1991  Area  - Total 25,333 km² (148th) 9,779 sq mi   - Water (%) 1. ...