Georgi Stardelov is a Macedonian aesthetician, essayist, literary critic, theorist and academician. He was born in 1930 in Gevgelija. Graduate philosopher from the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. Doctor of Philosophical Sciences from 1965. Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje (1956-1966), Dean (1975-1977), First Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies in Journalism (1977-1981), Chairman of the Macedonian Writers' Association and Chairman of the Macedonian PEN Center. For his integral creative contribution, the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje created a doctoral dissertation entitled "Concepts for Aesthetic, Cultural and Literary Criticism by Georgi Stardelov" (1977). He was elected as a MANU’ member in 1986. For the period 2000 to 2004 he was Deputy chairman of the MANU and on January 1, 2008 became chairman of the MANU. In 1993 he led a macro project "History of the Culture of Macedonia" with 20 editions. He was a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Literature, Culture and Art "Contemplation". Stardelov is a skilled scientist in many disciplines - philosophy, history, aesthetics, theory and sociology of culture and art, history of literature.