poet and prose writer. Born 19.09.1970, in Skopje, Macedonia. Worked as radio & TV show host, 1991-1999, 2001-2003 in various radio & TV stations in Macedonia. Worked as a web designer and e-publishing consultant. BA in World and Comparative Literature, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia. MA in Gender and Culture, CEU, Budapest, Hungary. He is founder and director of the Cultural Institution Blesok. Works as editor-in-chief and webmaster at Blesok.

Published books: Letters (1991, novel), Black Sun (1992, poetry), Explosions, Pregnant Moon, Eruptions… (1993, short stories), Vulcan – Earth – (1995, poetry), – Sky (1996, 2000, poetry), Engravings, Blues Phone Booth (2001, prose etchings), Sandglass (2002, short stories), Way Down in the Hole (poetry, 2004), Swimming in the Dust (2005, novel, award Prose Masters 2005), Blues Phone Booth II (2006, prose etchings).

Selections and translations in other languages: – Sky (poetry in English, 1996, 2000), Sejanje smeha (selected poetry in Serbian and Macedonian, 2003), I & Tom Waits (selected poetry in English and Macedonian, 2003), Sandglass (short stories in English, 2003)

Anthologies: Ernest.01 (selected short stories published in Blesok, 1998-2003), Morpheus.01 (selected poetry published in Blesok, 1998-2003, authors born between 1960-1977), Morpheus.02 (selected poetry published in Blesok, 1998-2003, authors born between 1930-1959)

CD-ROMs: M@P (2001), Babylonia (2004).

Translates poetry, prose, and essays, from and into Macedonian, English, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrian. Into his Macedonian translations, books by Aleš Debeljak, Ludwig Giesz, Maria Todorova, Dušan Gojkov, Claude Freeman III, Robert Mlinarec, Josip Osti, Ronny Someck, M.T.C. Cronin, Goran Gluvić, Thomas Shapcott, Jack Galmitz, Gerrit Bussink, and Hans van de Waaresnburg were published.

Publishes his work in journals and magazines (in Macedonia and abroad). His works have been translated and published in USA, Australia, Korea, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Israel, Poland, Hungary, and United Kingdom.

Lives in Skopje, with his wife Kalina, their daughters Sara and Lina, and all of their friends.

e-mail: isakovski@blesok.com.mk
more details: http://www.isakovski.com.mk

Books by Igor Isakovski published by Blesok:
¤ – Sky
¤ Sowing of Laughter
¤ I & Tom Waits
¤ Sandglass
¤ Blues Phone Boot II (printed edition)