Živko Čingo

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Živko Čingo (also spelt Zivko Cingo and Zhivko Chingo) (13 August 1935 - 1987) Macedonian writer, born in Velgosti, Ohrid region. He studied literature at the University of Sts Cyril and Methodius (Kiril i Metodij), Skopje. He worked as a journalist and as Director of the Macedonian National Theatre. He was part of the new wave of writers to emerge on the Macedonian literary scene in the post-World War II period. One of his novels Golemata Voda (The Big Water) has been translated into English. It was also recently made into a movie The Great Water.^[1] Some other short stories have also been translated and published in various collections.