Kole Čašule
Nikola "Kole" Čašule (Cyrillic: Коле Чашуле; March 2, 1921 – September 22, 2009) was a Macedonian-Yugoslavian essayist, dramatist, short story writer and ambassador.[1] Chashule was one of the founders of the Macedonian Writers' Association and served as the organization's president.[1]
Čašule was born as Nikola Kepev in the town of Prilep, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in the present-day North Macedonia.[1] From 1938 till the beginning of the World War II, he studied medicine at the University of Belgrade.[2] In May 1941, together with other students from Vardar Macedonia, he left for Sofia to continue his studies. There he met Nikola Vaptsarov, Venko Markovski and Todor Pavlov. He was a member of the partisan communist group that started the communist resistance against Bulgarian occupation on October 11, 1941 in Prilep. In 1942, Čašule was arrested and sentenced in Bulgaria to death, as the organizer of an assassination attempt against the former IMRO activist Mane Machkov. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was imprisoned in Idrizovo near Skopje. In 1944, he joined the guerrilla units. In 1946, Čašule and Lazar Mojsov, as members of the judicial council, sentenced Metodija Andonov-Čento to 11 years in prison.
Čašule worked as the editor of two Macedonian magazines, Nov den and
Additionally, Chashule diplomatically represented Yugoslavia. He was Yugoslavia's ambassador to Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.[1] He also served as a consul to Canada.[1]
Kole Chashule died on September 22, 2009, at the age of 88.[1]
Notable works
- 1948 – An Evening (Edna večer)
- 1950 – The Collective (Zadruga)
- 1957 – Twig in the Wind (Vejka na vetrot)
- 1958 – Furrow (Brazda)
- 1960 – Darkness (Crnila)
- 1962 – The Game (Igra)
References
- ^ Macedonian Information Agency. September 23, 2009. Archived from the originalon December 28, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ Vojislav Ilić (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 69.