Živko Čingo

Zhivko Chingo
Born	(1935-08-13)13 August 1935 Velgosti, Ohrid Republic of Macedonia
Died	11 August 1987(1987-08-11) Ohrid Republic of Macedonia
Occupation	Author

Živko Čingo (also spelt Zivko Cingo and Zhivko Chingo) (13 August 1935 - 1987) Macedonian writer, born in Velgosti, near Ohrid.

Biography

He studied literature at the University of Sts Cyril and Methodius (Kiril i Metodij), Skopje. He worked as a journalist and as Director of the Macedonian National Theatre.^[1]

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 Big Water) has been translated into English. It was also recently made into a movie The Great Water.^[2] Some other short stories have also been translated and published in various collections.

Bibliography

• „Пасквелија“ (Paskvelia, short stories, 1961)
• „Семејството Огулиновци“ (Ogulinov Family, short stories, 1965)
• „Нова Пасквелија“ (New Paskvelia, short stories, 1965)
• „Сребрени снегови“ (Silver Snows, novel for children, 1966)
• „Пожар“ (The Fire, short stories, 1970)
• „Големата вода“ (The Great Water, novel, 1971)
• „Жед“ (Thirst, screenplay, 1971)
• „Поле“ (Field, screenplay, 1971)
• „Образов“ (Cheek, play, 1973)
• „Ѕидот, водата“ (The Wall, The Water, play, 1976)
• „Вљубениот дух“ (The Ghost in Love, short stories, 1976)
• „Кенгурски скок“ (Кangaroo Јump, play, 1979)
• „Макавејските празници“' (The Maccabean Feasts, play, 1982)
• „Накусо“ (In Brief, short stories, 1984)
• „Пчеларник“ (Бeehives, screenplay, 1988)
• „Гроб за душата“ (Grave for the Soul, short stories, 1989)
• „Бабаџан“ (Babajan, novel, 1989)
• „Бунило“ (Delirium, short stories, 1989)

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