Vlado Maleski

Vlado Maleski (; 5 September 1919 – 23 September 1984) was a Macedonian writer, publisher and partisan. He published several novels and short stories, was the author of the Macedonian national anthem "Denes nad Makedonija" , and the script for the first Macedonian-language movie, Frosina. For his extensive contributions to the country's literature, Maleski is regarded as part of "the first generation of Macedonian prose writers". He was also a Yugoslav diplomat.

Biography Vlado Maleski was born in Struga in 1919. After the war, he became one of the most prominent writers in contemporary Macedonian. Soon after, Maleski became a director of Radio Skopje. He sat on the editorial board of the first Macedonian publishing house. Maleski was also part of the Commission for Language and Orthography that submitted recommendations to the government on standardizing the Macedonian alphabet, which were subsequently accepted.

During his professional life, Maleski was ambassador to Lebanon, Ethiopia, and Poland and was a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. In 1946 he became a full member of the Association of Writers of Macedonia. He was the editor of the literary magazines "Sovremenost" and "Razgledi". He wrote the script of the first Macedonian-language movie Frosina. Maleski received the following awards: "11 October", "4 July" and "AVNOJ". He died in 1984. His son, Denko Maleski, was Republic of Macedonia's first minister of foreign affairs.

Works Ǵurǵina alova (stories, 1950) Branuvanja (stories, 1953) Ona što beše nebo (novel, 1958) Vojnata, luǵeto, vojnata (novel, 1967) Razboj (novel, 1969) Razgledi (articles, critics, 1976) Kažuvanja (stories, 1976) Zapisi na Ezerko Drimski (novel, 1980) Jazli (novel, 1990)