Background
She was born in Skopje and studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje.
She was born in Skopje and studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje.
She proceeded to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy in Romanian literature at the University of Bucharest.
She has taught at the University of Bucharest and the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia. She now lives in Ljubljana, working as a freelance writer and translator of Romanian and Slovenian literature. Dimkovska is an editor at Blesok, the online Macedonian literary journal. the Hubert Burda literary prize for young East European poets (2009)
the Tudor Arghezi international poetry prize in Romania (2012)
the Macedonian Writers" Union award (twice)
the European Union Prize for Literature (2013)
Her first book was the novel Skriena Kamera (Hidden Camera, 2004).
lieutenant was also shortlisted for the Utrinski Vesnik award for the best novel of the year.
Skriena Kamera has been translated into Slovenian, Slovakian, Polish and Bulgarian. Her book of poems pH Neutral History was translated into English by Ljubica Arsovska and Peggy Reid.
She has won a number of literary prizes including: lieutenant won the Macedonian Writers" Union award. Another novel Backup Life also won the Macedonian Writers" Union award, as well as the European Union Prize for Literature. lieutenant was nominated for the Best Translated Book Award from the online literary journal Three Percent.
