The Abyss Embraces Us

ABOUT THE POET ~
Jovica Tasevski - Eternijan (born 25th July 1976, Skopje) is a renowned Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic. He graduated from the Comparative Literature Department of Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Works in St. Clement of Ohrid, National and University Library - Skopje. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Macedonian literary magazine Stremež and a consultant for Macedonian poetry in The Other Voices International Project - an anthology of world poetry, included in the World Poetry Directory of UNESCO. Published books: "Нешто се слуша" (Something Can Be Heard, poetry, 1995), "Визии. Глагол" (Visions. Verb, poetry, 1997), "Веда" (Lightning, poetry, 1998), "Постојното, плимата" (The Constant, the Tide, literary criticism, essays and studies, 2000), "Клатно" (Pendulum, poetry, 2001), "Небесни стражи" (Heavenly Guards, poetry, 2004), "Посоки и огледи" (Directions and Reflections, literary criticism, essays and studies, 2006), "Синтакса на светлината" (Syntax of the Light, selected poems, volume 91 in capital project Macedonian Literature, 2008), "Синтаксис на светлината" (Syntax of the Light, selected poems translated into Bulgarian language, 2010) and "Syntax of the Light" (selected poems translated into English language, 2011). With Maja Apostoloska he edited an anthology of Macedonian poetry with religious, biblical and apocryphal motifs, published as a special issue of Stremež magazine. Also he is compiler of anthology of youth Macedonian poetry, entitled Unidentified Celestial Bosom (2001). He won The Enchanting Poet Award for excellent contribution in poetry writing, given by The Enchanting Verses Literary Review. His poetry have appeared in many literary magazines, it is represented in a number of anthologies and has been translated into several languages. He is a member of the Macedonian Writers' Association, The Poetry Society and of the World Poets Society.