Kole Nedelkovski

• Name — Kole Nedelkovski • Birth Name — Nikola Krastev Nedelkov • Born — 16 December 1912 • Birthplace — Vojnica, Ottoman Empire • Died — 2 September 1941 • Place of death — Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria • Occupation — Poet and communist • Genre — Revolutionary poetry • Notable Works — Mӑskavici and Peš po svetot

He was born on December 16, 1912, in Vojnica, near Veles, Ottoman Empire, as Nikola Krảstev Nedelkov. After completing his elementary education in his native village, he went to study at a gymnasium in Veles, but did not complete it due to poverty and started working as a decorator instead. Hunted from the Yugoslav police he emigrated to Bulgaria in 1933, where he became a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He published poetry in the magazine Illustration Ilinden in 1938. In 1939, Nedelkovski joined the Macedonian Literary Circle. He was a friend of the poets Nikola Vaptsarov, Venko Markovski and Koco Racin. He participated in the anti-fascist movement. In 1941, he joined an illegal group of the Bulgarian Communist Party and came under police scrutiny. Nedelkovski died in Sofia on September 2, 1941. There are two versions about his death. One is that he ended his life, running from the police, by jumping from an attic window and the second one is that he was pushed and fell to his death. There is no official report about his death.