Yesterday, September 6, 2023, after an extensive and fruitful discussion, the jury committee for the awarding of the "Dragi" award decided to enter 19 editions from 9 publishing houses and one independent edition in the first round of selection. The selected translators are:
- Alida Mucha for the translation from Albanian of "Passage in Time" by Migjen Kelmendi, published by Templum..
- Anastasija Gjurčinova for the translation from Italian of "Five Short Novels and a Few Stories" by Natalia Ginzburg, published by Artkonekt.
- Aco Peroski for the English translation of "Far From Ireland" by William Trevor published by Ili-Ili. Или-или.
- Davor Stojanovski for the Slovenian translation of "Bee Family" by Anja Mugerli published by Antolog.
- Dejan Vasilevski for the translation from Serbian of "Kaput od mov" by Stefan Ticmi, published by Ars Libris.
- Gjurgica Ilieva Nackova for the English translation of "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood published by Antolog.
- Zlatko Panzov, 2023 – Zlatko Panzov for the Hungarian translation of "Captivity" by Gjerg Spiro published by Artkonekt.
- Ivan Šopov for the translation from Croatian of "On the Edge of Reason" by Miroslav Krleža, published by Begemot..
- Jovica Ivanovski for the translation from Serbian of "Zemjata pod abažur" by Dragoslav Dedović, published by PNV Publications..
- Katerina Josifoska for the German translation of "Til" by Daniel Kelman published by Artkonekt.
- Katica Garovska Acevska Acevska for the translation from Bulgarian of "Absolvo te" by Georgi Bardarov published by Polica.
- Lara Prokopieva for the translation from Spanish of "They will love us on Monday" by Najat el Hachmi published by Antolog.
- 13Lidija Tanuševska for the Polish translation of "All Lara's Wars" by Wojciech Jagelski published by Slavica libris..
- Ljubica Arsovska for the translation from English of "Elizabeth Finch" by Julian Barnes, published by Artkonekt.
- Marija Girevska for the English translation of "Giacomo Joyce" by James Joyce published by Marija Girevska.
- Nikola Gjelinčeski for the translation from Spanish of "Presongs of postspanish and other songs" by Jorge Enrique Adoum, published by Alef publications.
- Nikola Madjirov led a conversation with him. for the translation from English of "Ararat" by Louise Glick, published by Artkonekt.
- Sašo Ognenovski for the translation from Serbian of "Children" by Milena Marković, published by PNV Publications..
- Snežana Stojčevska for the translation from Serbian of "88" by Nadia Rebronja, published by PNV Publications..
The jury consists of Jana Mihajlovska (ibrarian and president of the Library Association of Macedonia; ; representative of Dragi Mihajlovski's family), Lidija Kapushevska-Drakulevska (professor of the Department of General and Comparative Literature and literary critic and theorist) and Milan Damjanovski (professor of the Department for English language and literature and translator) unanimously expressed their great satisfaction, both from the great interest of the translators and the high quality of the works offered. They have a difficult task ahead of them, because in competition are exceptional translations of translators from different generations.
The quick recognition of this award by the public was also highlighted, as evidenced by the representation of all literary genres and types, published by all the most important publishing houses in Macedonia. 39 translators from 17 publishers and two private editions were initially nominated for the "Dragi" award.
The prize for the best translation into the Macedonian language "Dragi" was established in 2022, and the first honorary award was given to Dragi Mihajlovski (1951-2022), a Macedonian writer, translator, essayist and university professor. Apart from his prose works, Mihajlovski left a lasting mark on Macedonian culture with the translations of works by Shakespeare, Milton, Shelley, Keats, Blake, Eliot, Milton, etc. He also published several studies and essays in the field of translation theory, and with his views on translation, he influenced the students of the Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski" in Skopje, where he was a professor.
