Stefan Markovski

In 2018 he obtained an MA in Screenwriting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts with the feature film script My Name Is Freedom.

He is an editor-in-chief of the oldest Macedonian literary magazine, Sovremenost, and is also an editor of the review of the Association of Writers' of Macedonia "Stožer", as well as the poetry collections Metric caravan.

His novels Letters of Heresy: Uncovering the Skies Shining in Red,[4] The Bumblebee Anatomy,[5] the short story collection Faustus Runs the Plebeian Circle, and the poetry collection Promised Land[6] were published into English and made available on major bookselling platforms.

[7] His novel The Bumblebee Anatomy, published under the pen name Stemarcus, peaked at the number-one position in 2021 in the Eastern European Literature category.

Throughout his career he's received awards for his contribution to the modern Macedonian literature, such as the "Knizeven krug" and “Macedonian Literary Avant-garde” for the short stories collections Faustus Runs the Plebeian Circle[10](Фауст го трча плебејскиот круг) [11] and The Wind-and-Fog Seller and Other Stories (Продавачот на ветар и магла и други приказни), the “Beli Mugri” prize for his poetry book “Shy Shine the Universes” (Сиво сјаат вселените),[12] “Krste Chachanski” for the short stories collection “Death Flies in Smirking” (Смртта долетува насмевната),[13] The “7 November Award” of Municipality of Gevgelija, “Knjizevno pero” of the Croatian Writers’ Association (HKD) for book of the year,[14] UNESCO and Makedonika award for Macedonian writers up to 30 years of age etc.