Biography
Josip Kocev was born in 1985 in Skopje. He completed legal studies at the Faculty of Law.
"Justinian the First" in Skopje. Works in the field of marketing and communications. He is the author of the poetry books: "I, Quentin Scribbler" (2015), "Written Silence" (2016), "Now Is the Longest Never" (2018), "Museum of Feelings" (2019) and "Two Seas" (2023). He is the winner of the "Enhalon" awards at the Struga Evenings of Poetry (2017) and the "Beli Mugri" awarded by JU "Kocho Racin" from Skopje (2019). Three times he was shortlisted for the most prestigious Macedonian poetry award "Miladinov Brothers" at the Struga Poetry Evenings, in 2017, 2020, and 2023. He participated in several domestic and international poetry festivals. He is a member of the European poetry network "Versopolis". His poetry is represented in literary magazines and anthologies in the country and abroad.
