About

Bozin Pavlovski was born in Macedonia (1942) and lives in Australia.
He has lived in former Yugoslavia and United States, and has been based in Melbourne, Australia since 1990. Pavlovski studied literature at the University of Skopje and graduated in 1971.
Bozin Pavlovski’s novels, particularly those he has written since he has adopted Australia as his second homeland, unveil the phenomena of reterritorialized cultures, and describe the meetings, conversations and thoughts of two and sometimes more cultures, communities and languages which exist in a single space.
Pavlovski’s novels can be said to be a part of a transnational literature which has an increasing importance in a contemporary world whose significant characteristics are those of dislocation and relocation, and from where stems his writing between histories, geographies and cultural practices.

Bozin Pavlovski is a member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1988.

Pavlovski has won numerous foreign and Macedonian literary awards including the Interbalkan Award for Literature in Greece (2002), Excelsior Award in Romania (2007), Zelezara Sisak Award in Croatia (1987) and Mladost Award in Serbia (1967).
He is the author of nineteen novels translated in various European languages.

They are:

  • America, America
  • Gardener, Desert
  • The Horn of Love
  • Eagle Coat of Arms
  • Journey with My Beloved
  • West Aust
  • Dreaming on The Road
  • Shadow in the Name
  • Winter in Summer
  • The Beauty and The Marauder
  • Borders
  • A Novel for My Departure
  • The Agony
  • Call Me Bye
  • The Red Hypocrite
  • Return to Fairytales
  • Neighboring the Owl
  • Duva and the Flea
  • Miladin from China

Bozin Pavlovski has won numerous foreign and Macedonian literary awards including the Interbalkan Award for Literature in Greece (2002), Excelsior Award in Romania (2007), Zelezara Sisak Award in Croatia (1987) and Mladost Award in Serbia (1967).

Other literary awards include:

  • 1962 First prize for short story (Skopje)
  • 1967 First prize for the novel 'Miladin from China' (Belgrade)
  • 1973 'Ratsinovo Priznanie' for the novel 'Duva and the Flea' (Veles)
  • 1976 Grand Prix for best scenario for the documentary film 'Australia, Australia' (Belgrade)
  • 1978 '11 October' Award for the novel 'West Aust'
  • 1980 'Pechalbarska Povelba' for the novel 'West Aust' (Vevcani)
  • 1982 'Goceva Povelba' for the novel 'The Red Hypocrite' (Podgorci)
  • 1985 Golden Medal for literary activities (Belgrade)
  • 1987 'Zelezara Susak' for the novel 'The Neighboring Owl' (Zagreb)
  • 1987 'Kocho Ratcin' Award for the novel 'The Neighboring Owl' (Skopje)
  • 1987 'Stale Popov' Award for the novel 'The Neighboring Owl' (Skopje)
  • 1996 'Goceva Povelba' for the novel 'Eagle Coat of Arms' (Podgorci)
  • 2002 Interbalkan Award for Literature in Greece for the novel 'Journey With My Beloved' (Thessaloniki)
  • 2003 Award for Best Selling Novel - 'Dreaming on the Road' (Skopje International Book Fair)
  • 2004 Award for Best Selling Novel - 'The Agony' (Skopje International Book Fair)
  • 2006 'Ratsinovo Priznanie' for the novel 'The Beauty and The Marauder' (Veles)
  • 2007 'Excelsior' for the novel 'The Beauty and The Marauder' in Romania (Kurtea de Arges)
  • 2008 '11 October' Award for the opus (Skopje)
  • 2010 'Duhoven Voin' Award for literature (Struga)
  • 2014 'Prozni majstori' Award for the novel 'The Horn of Love'
  • 2014 'Stale Popov' Award for the novel 'The Horn of Love'