Native name Vasil Iљoski Ethnicity Macedonian Occupation writer, professor Name Vasil Iljoski | Language Macedonian Role Writer Nationality Macedonian | |
Born Vasil Iljoski
December 20, 1902
Krusevo, Ottoman Empire (today Republic of Macedonia) ( 1902-12-20 ) Citizenship Macedonian and Yugoslav Died November 1, 1995, Skopje, Macedonia (FYROM) Education Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje | ||
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Vasil Iljoski (Macedonian: Васил Иљоски, Kruševo, Ottoman Empire, 20 December 1902 - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, 1 November 1995) was a Macedonian writer, dramatist, professor and an important figure in the Macedonian literature, especially in Macedonian drama between the two World Wars. He was born in Kruševo in 1902. His play Begalka, or known as "Lenče Kumanovče", performed in 1928 in the Skopje theatre is considered one of the first plays written in the Macedonian language. Other significant plays written by Iljoski are: "Učenička avantura" (Student's Adventure, 1939), Čest (Honor), "Kuzman Kapidan" (1954), "Mladi Sinovi" (Young Sons) and others. Vasil Iljoski is one of the founders of the Association of the Writers of Macedonia and member at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1967.
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Biography
Vasil Iljoski was born in Kruševo in 1902. He has finished his elementary education in the town of Kumanovo, where he moved in his early childhood. During that period, he has helped his father in their family business, but he did not accept it as his future profession. Iljoski finished the secondary school in Kumanovo and enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. At the beginning of his career, he worked in the City Gymnasium in Kumanovo. He finished his working career as a regular professor at the Pedagogical Faculty in Skopje.
Works
Vasil Iljoski is author of many dramas, comedies and essays, including the most popular: