Occupation Author Role Writer | Name Zivko Cingo Movies The Great Water | |
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Born 13 August 1935
Velgosti, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia ( 1935-08-13 ) Died August 11, 1987, Ohrid, Macedonia (FYROM) Books Bunilo, Babadzan, Paskvelia, The Big Water People also search for Petar T. Boskovski, Ivo Trajkov, Vladimir Blazevski, Aleksandar Kolevski | ||
Živko Čingo (also spelt Zhivko Chingo) (13 August 1935 – 11 August 1987) Macedonian writer, born in Velgosti, near Ohrid.
Biography
He studied literature at the University of Sts Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. He worked as a journalist and as Director of the Macedonian National Theatre.
He was part of the new wave of writers to emerge on the Macedonian literary scene in the post-World War II period. One of his novels, Golemata Voda (The Great Water), has been translated into English. It was also recently made into a movie, also called The Great Water. Some other short stories have also been translated and published in various collections.
References
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