Rumena Bužarovska (Macedonian: Румена Бужаровска) is a fiction writer, literary translator, and social commentator born in 1981 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. Her book My Husband (Dalkey Archive Press) has received critical acclaim in Europe and has been adapted into several stage productions. She is a professor at Skopje University and co-runs the women's storytelling initiative PeachPreach.[1][2]
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| Born | 1981 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |
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Career
editBužarovska has authored the short story collections Scribbles (Чкртки, Ili-ili, 2007), Wisdom Tooth (Осмица, Blesok, 2010), My Husband (Мојот маж, Ili-ili, 2014) and I’m Not Going Anywhere (Не одам никаде, Ili-ili, 2018).
She has published a study on humor in short stories (За смешното: теориите на хуморот низ призмата на расказот, Blesok, 2012) and is part of the project Journal 2020, a non-fiction book written by six authors from former Yugoslavia born after 1980, documenting the year 2020 (Dnevnik 2020, Fraktura, 2021). In 2021 she published the children's book illustrated by Jana Jakimovska What the Ladybug Saw (Што виде бубамарата?, Čudna šuma, 2021).
Bužarovska is the author of the screenplay for the short film Tina’s Problem, directed by Radovan Petrović and produced by Kino Oko in 2021.[3]
She is the author of the radio play Nebenan for German radio WDR.[4]
Bužarovska's books have been published and translated into English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Albanian and Hungarian.
Her book My Husband has been staged in the national theaters in Skopje (Dramski Teatar, dir. Nela Vitosevic),[5] Ljubljana (SNG Drama, dir. Ivana Đilas),[6] and Belgrade (JDP, dir. Jovana Tomić)[7] and has been dramatized in Budapest (produced and directed by Esztella Levko and Zsuzsanna Száger).[8]
She is a columnist for the Serbian weekly Vreme[9] and the Macedonian newspaper Nezavisen Vesnik[10] and has published social commentary in a selection of magazines, journals and books.[11][12]
MeToo movement
editBeginning with My Husband, Bužarovska's books have been involved in the creation and continuation of the Macedonian MeToo movement. The movement in North Macedonia, beginning in 2017, was spearheaded by Bužarovska and six female friends inviting 100 women to speak about their experiences of sexual harassment using the hashtag SegaKažuvam ('I speak now'; Macedonian: #СегаКажувам).[13][14]
Translations
editBužarovska is also a literary translator from English into Macedonian. She has translated works by Flannery O'Connor, J. M. Coetzee, Lewis Carroll, Truman Capote, Iain Reid and Richard Gwyn. She is also the co-translator (together with Steve Bradbury) of her own short story collection into English I’m Not Going Anywhere (Dalkey Archive Press, 2023).
Awards
editIn 2016 she was named one of the New Voices from Europe by Literary Europe Live[15] and received the regional award Edo Budiša[16] in Croatia. She is a 2018 fellow of the International Writing Program in Iowa[17] and a 2022 fellow of the Landys and Gyr Stiftung in Switzerland.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Videos from the PeachPreach events".
- ^ Nikola Gelevski i Vladimir Martinovski (eds.), Džindžudže vo zemjata na afionite: antologija na makedonskiot kratok raskaz. Skopje: Templum, 2022, p. 364.
- ^ "Tina's Problem,". Radovan Petrović, Kino Oko. 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Nebenan - Familienstreit wird zur Gesinnungskrise,". WDR. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Mojot maž, Kolaž od raskazite na Rumena Bužarovska i avtorski monolozi". Dramski teatar - Skopje. 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Rumena Bužarovska, My Husband, Based on short stories published in My Husband and I'm Not Going Anywhere". Slovensko narodno gledališče Drama Ljubljana. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Rumena Bužarovska, Moj muž". Jugoslovensko dramsko pozorište. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ Kormos Lili (2022-12-28). "A társadalmi érzékenyítés nagyon sokat segítene (Rumena Buzsarovszka, Férjem)". Jelen. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Rumena Bužarovska's columns". Vreme. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Rumena Bužarovska's columns". Nezavisen Vesnik. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ Rumena Bužarovska (2022-06-16). "Little Green Light". I Know What’s Best for You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom, edited by Shelly Oria, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ Rumena Bužarovska (2022-07-15). "A Doctor in Three Wars". K2.0. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ Petrick, Daniel (9 December 2020). "'I'm not nice anymore': meet the author behind North Macedonia's #MeToo movement". New East Digital Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Rumena Bužarovska o novoj knjizi, dijaspori, starijim i mlađim feministkinjama". BBC News na srpskom (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "New Voices from Europe 2016: Rumena Bužarovska". Literature Across Frontiers. 2016. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Rumena Bužarovska dobitnica Nagrade "Edo Budiša" za 2016. godinu". Kuća za pisce Hiža od besid. 2016. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "The International Writing Program, University of Iowa". 2016. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Landys and Gyr Stiftung in Switzerland, Current residents". Retrieved 2023-01-07.
External links
edit- Philippe Petit, "Mon cher mari", de Rumena Buzarovska: scènes de la vie conjugale en Macédoine, Marienne, 12/09/2022 (in French)
- Elke Heidenreich – der Spitzentitel der Woche, Heidenreichs Spitzentitel, Der Zorn der Frauen, Der Spiegel, 21/03/2021 (in German)
- Alexander Wells, Rumena Buzarovska: “Patriarchy has its local variants”, Exberliner, 13/09/2021 (in English)
- Daniel Petrick, ‘I’m not nice anymore’: meet the author behind North Macedonia’s #MeToo movement, The Calvert Journal, 9/12/2020 (in English)
- Rumena Bužarovska, A Doctor in Three Wars, K2.0, 15/7/2022 (in English)
- Rumena Buzarovska et Brigitte Giraud: les livres à ne pas manquer, L'Express, 29/9/2022 (in French)