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Paskal Gilevski

パスカル・ギレフスキ

Paskal Gilevski

Pen Names: Gligor（Pseudonym used in lustration documents as an informant）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-07-01 （Setoma, Kostur region (Aegean Macedonia, present-day Greece)）
Nationality
Macedonian
Languages
Macedonian
Residence History
Hungary (1948–1956) → Skopje (North Macedonia) → Paris (residence) → Italy (residence) → England (residence) → Netherlands (residence) → USSR (residence) → Czechoslovakia (residence) → Egypt (residence) → Syria (residence) → Jordan (residence)

Career

Occupations
poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, critic, translator, art reviewer, library director (former)
Active Years
1968-
Affiliations
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Arts (member), Macedonian PEN Centre (member), Writers' Association of Macedonia (member since 1970)
Memberships
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Arts (member), Macedonian PEN Centre, Writers' Association of Macedonia

Education

Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade
Faculty of Fine Arts (first degree)
Country: Yugoslavia (then)
Obtained first degree
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Skopje
Faculty of Philosophy
Country: Yugoslavia (then)
Completed studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje

Awards

Grigor Prlichev Award (translation)
1978
Organization: unspecified
Result: 受賞
11 October Award
1987
Organization: unspecified
Result: 受賞
Stale Popov Award
1987
Organization: unspecified
Result: 受賞
Racin Award (Racinovo priznanie)
2014
Work: Posmrtna venchavka
Organization: unspecified
Result: 受賞
Kiril Pejchinovich Award
Organization: unspecified
Result: 受賞
Writers of Vojvodina Award 'Kornel Senteleki'
1979
Organization: Writers of Vojvodina
Result: 受賞
Hungarian government decoration 'For Socialist Culture'
1984
Organization: Government of Hungary
Result: 受賞
Chevalier of Arts and Letters (France)
Organization: Government of France
Result: 受賞
Golden Pen
1975
Result: 受賞
Lazar Lichenoski Award (painting)
1985
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bregum - bregum

1972 poetry

Early poetry collection exploring personal memory and landscape.

memorylandscapeidentity

Interpretation of Art

1977 essays

A collection of essays and critiques on art and poetry.

art criticismpoetics

Escape

1983 poetry

Poems themed around escape and lyricism.

escapelyricism

Head (Glava)

1984 short stories

A collection of short stories. One story, 'Glava', was adapted into a short film.

human relationsmemorysocial observation
Adaptations
  • [short film] Glava

Flag in the Bosom

1985 poetry

Poems interweaving political and personal symbolism.

nationsymbolismindividual

Life of the Poem

1985 poetry (in Hungarian translation)

A poetry volume published in Hungarian translation.

translationlife of poetry

Zoja

1986 novel

A novel centered on the portrait of a central character.

personal conflicthuman drama

Straza

1987 short stories (Serbo-Croatian translation)

Collection of short stories published in Serbo-Croatian translation.

translationregionality

Heavenly and Earthly Love

1988 novel

A story about love intertwining religious and worldly elements.

lovereligionthe secular

The Homeless

1989 short stories

Short stories depicting social marginality.

homelessnesssocial critique

Angels of Exile

1993 novel

A novel dealing with exile and nostalgia.

exilenostalgia

Dead End

1993 novel

A work about impasse and the choices people make.

impassechoice

Poetics of Two Shores

1995 essays

Essays on intercultural dialogue and poetics.

intercultural dialoguepoetics

The Gentle Rebel

2012 novel

A novel portraying a gentle form of rebellion.

rebellionindividual

Posthumous Wedding (Posmrtna venchavka)

2014 novel

A late-career novel exploring relationships and ritual.

ritualhuman relations

Bibliography

  • Bregum - bregum (poetry, 1972)
  • Interpretation of Art (essays, 1977)
  • Escape (poetry, 1983)
  • Glava (short stories, 1984)
  • Flag in the Bosom (poetry, 1985)
  • Life of the Poem (poetry, in Hungarian, 1985)
  • Zoja (novel, 1986, 1988)
  • Straza (short stories, Serbo-Croatian, 1987)
  • Heavenly and Earthly Love (novel, 1988)
  • The Homeless (short stories, 1989)
  • Angels of Exile (novel, 1993)
  • Dead End (novel, 1993)
  • Poetics of Two Shores (essays, 1995)
  • The Gentle Rebel (novel, 2012)
  • Posthumous Wedding (novel, 2014)

Adaptations

  • Short film 'Glava' (produced by Vardar Film)

Translations by Author

  • Translations from Hungarian (about 60 books)
  • Translations from Greek
  • Translations from French

Translations of Works

  • Serbo-Croatian
  • Hungarian
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • French
  • Turkish
  • Slovenian
  • Polish
  • English
  • Ukrainian

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic and symbolic stylecritical and essayistic analysistranslator's precision and sensitivity to diction
Recurring Motifs
exile and nostalgiaidentity and memorylove and ritualintercultural dialogue

Legacy

Paskal Gilevski is regarded as an important Macedonian poet, translator and critic, while also being the subject of controversy after 2012 lustration findings that alleged collaboration with former Yugoslav security services. His literary output and translations and multiple awards have given him international recognition.

Academic Societies

  • Macedonian PEN Centre
  • Writers' Association of Macedonia

Trivia

  • Translated about 60 books from Hungarian into Macedonian.
  • Served as director of the National and University Library 'St. Kliment Ohridski' in Skopje from 1999 to 2002.
  • His short story 'Glava' was adapted into a short film (produced by Vardar Film).
  • In 2012 lustration documents alleged his cooperation with former Yugoslav secret services under the pseudonym 'Gligor', causing controversy.