Lidija Dimkovska

Lidija Dimkovska (b.1971, Skopje, Macedonia) has published six books of poetry, three novels, one American diary and one short story collection awarded and translated in more than 20 languages. Her first collection of poetry English Do Not Awaken Them with Hammers was published by Ugly Duckling Presse in 2006. Her second collection pH Neutral History (short-listed for the Best Translated Book Award 2013) was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2012, and in 2016 Two Lines Press published her novel A Spare Life (long-listed for the Best Translated Book Award 2017).