Slavka Maneva

Slavka Maneva (Macedonian: Славка Манева; February 2, 1934 – January 8, 2010) was a Macedonian writer and poet. She was born and died in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. She finished her literature studies at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Skopje, and has worked as a professor of Macedonian language and literature, now publishing children's books. Her works have been translated into Serbian, Turkish, Albanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Armenian, Georgian and Lithuanian. She won the Vančo Nikoleski Award in 1996 for her book Pillows of Stars (Ѕвездени перничиња).