Josip Kocev (1985) is a Macedonian poet. He completed legal studies at the Faculty of Law "Justinian the First" in Skopje. He 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 Poetry Evenings (2017) and the "Beli Mugri" awarded by the Cultural Center "Kočo Racin" from Skopje (2019). He participated in several domestic and international poetry festivals. He is a member of the European poetry network “Versopolis”.