BIOGRAPHY

Marta Markoska was born on 29.06.1981 in Skopje, Macedonia.

 

She holds a Bachelor of General and Comparative Literature and a Master of Cultural Studies in Literature from the Institute of Macedonian Literature in Skopje.

 

Markoska is a member of the Writers Association of Macedonia.

 

She has published FIFTEEN (15) books:
 

• Black Holes Within Us (III Edition, Hong Kong, Proverse Publishing House, 2021)

• H/ERO/T/IC BOOK (II EDITION, Proverse Publishing House, Hong Kong, 2020)

• H/ERO/T/IC BOOK, Poetry book, 2019

• FIL/L/M/ED STOR/I/ES, Theoretical book (studies and essays about movies and cinematography)

• Black Holes Within Us, Serbian translation of the book, published in Serbia

• Black Holes Within Us, II Edition, Macedonian-English translation ("Todor Chalovski" Award, 2015)

• Black Holes Within Us, Poetry book ("Beli Mugri" Award, 2014)

• Culture and Memory (Book of Cultural Studies, 2014)

• A Discussion on Zen Buddhism : A Religious and Philosophical Transcendence Between Eastern and Western Thought (Scientific study, 2013);  

• Headfirst Toward the Heights (II Edition, 2013)

• Headfirst Toward the Heights, Poetry ( "Aco Karamanov" Award, 2012);

• Hyper Hypotheses (Collection of essays, 2011); 

• Whirlpool in Bethlehem (Collection of short stories, 2010);

• All Tributaries Flow Into My Basin (Poetry book, 2009).

• LIBËR HEROIK/EROTIK (Poetry book, Albanian Translation, 2025)

 

Marta Markoska has been included in the following anthologies:

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• Anthology from International Lirikon-Fest, Velenje, Slovenia, 2017

• Anthology from the International Poetry Festival "Europa in Versi", Como, 2017

• Anthology from the International Poetry Festival "Poetry NIghts in Curtea De Arges", Romania, 2016

• Anthology of contemporary Balkan Poetry "Balkan Voices", Pleven, Bulgaria, 2016

• "Almanac of Contemporary Macedonian Poetry", Pleven, Bulgaria, 2016

• Anthology of Contemporary women's poetry "This Is My Last Silence", Skopje, 2016

• Anthology of Europian poetry "Lirikon21", Velenje, Lirikon, Slovenia, 2013/2014

• Anthology for the 50th anniversary of the devastating Skopje earthquake "Skopje Made Golden by Love", Miladinov Brothers Library, Skopje, 2013

• Lyrical Dodecameron, Macedonian youth poetry, Struga Poetry Evenings, 2012;

• Anthology of poetry and prose "Wind Brings Lovely Weather", Matica, 2012;

• Anthology of "Contemporary Macedonian Stories", Feniks, 2012;

• Anthology of stories about the city of Skopje "Planet Skopje", Feniks, 2012.

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Markoska is also an anthology maker and author of the preface of book entitled:

• "Love Sailings’ Reefs" (Anthology of poems dedicated to Eros and Love), 2014

 

Her articles, stories, poetry and reviews have been published in:

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• online literature magazine REPER

• scientific journals SPEKTAR (Specter) , KULTUREN ZIVOT (Cultural Life);

• online literature journals BLESOK (Flash), MIRAZ (Mirage);

• journals SINTEZI (Syntheses), SOVREMENOST (Modernity);

• literature and culture journal AKT;

• the online literature contest ELEKTROLIT (Electrolyte);

• journals STOZER (Pillar), MARGINA (Margine)

• journal KNIZEVNO ZITIE (Literary Hagiography)

• journals ELITE AND MASS KULTURE and RENDERING

• journal Poetry and Short Stories Anthology by Young People from the Former Yugoslavia (RUKOPISI)
   

AWARDS:
 

• "Todor Calovski" (2015) for poetry, essays, critic and creative prose

• "Nova Makedonija" (2015) for short story "Heights of Felix"

• "Beli Mugri" (2014) for poetry book Black Holes Within Us

• "Aco Karamanov" (2012) for poetry book Headfirst Toward The Heights

• "Elektrolit" (2007) for best short story "What happens when you're reading Frazer"

 

She has written theater reviews for the Dnevnik newspaper; movie reviews, and articles on culture for several Macedonian web sites.

 

She is a creator of two multimedia performances, and also a musical illustrator on several documentaries.  

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Back in the past, Markoska was also a percussionist in several music projects, among them the jazz group Josephine’s Suspenders.

 

Her PhD thesis is on hold to some indefinite/unspecified/uncertain time or until she figure out why the hell she has a need of it at all.

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