Agust 21st, 2025
The publishing house Antolog from Skopje announces:
22 WORKS IN THE SECOND ROUND FOR THE "DRAGI" AWARD 2025
The three-member jury committee of the award for the best translation in Macedonian "Dragi", consisting of: Dr. Anastasia Gjurchinova (president), Dr. Jana Mihajlovska and Ivan Šopov at a meeting held on August 20, 2025 (Wednesday) at the premises of the "Antolog" publishing house, decided to enter the first round of works selection with 22 publications from 13 publishing houses, translated by 23 translators and from 13 different languages.
The jury reached its decision after a long and multifaceted debate, with the general impression being that almost all submitted works could easily be found directly in the final stages of selection. The large and equal competition confirmed the outstanding level of the Macedonian translation scene and the eminence of this award. What is noticeable, is the significant contribution of the translators, and with them the other people involved in the process – proofreaders, co-editors, editors and graphic designers, to the creation of quality publications and the promotion of translated literature. The jury considered in detail all aspects of the submitted works: the specificity (weight) of the original language, the skill of the translation tools, the scope or complexity of the works, the richness of the language, the skill of circumventing “translation traps”, the editorial finesse, etc.
The complete list of works that move to the the second round of selection (arranged in alphabetical order, according to the first letter of the translators' names) are:
- Andrijana Papikj - Mančeva for the translation from French of “Les Années” („Годините“) by Annie Ernaux, published by “Ilika”,2025;
- Branislav Mirčevski for the translation from English of “Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe” („Граница: Патување до работ во Европа“) by Kapka Kasabova, published by “Ili-Ili”,2024;
- Violeta Tančeva - Zlateva for the translation from Bulgarian of “Stars Under the Eyelids” („Ѕвезди под клепките“) by Nikolay Terziyski, published by “Tri”,2024;
- Daniela Toševa for the translation from Ancient Greek of “Hysmine and Hysminias” („Хизмина и Хизминиј“) by Eustathios Makrembolites, published by “Čudna šuma”,2024;
- Darko Spasov for the translation from Slovenian of “Lenin Park” („Лeнинов парк“) by Tadej Golob, published by “Čudna šuma”, 2024;
- Dušanka Kaevska and Ksenija Čočkova for the translation from German of “Collected works” („Собрани раскази“) by Franaz Kafka, published by "Antolog"2024;
- Gjoko Zdraveski for the translation from Serbian of “Death and the Dervish” („Дервишот и смртта“) by Meša Selimović, published by "Antolog" 2025;
- Ermis Lafazanovski for the translation from Romanian of “The summer my mother had green eyes” ( „Летото во кое мама имаше зелени очи“) by Tatiana Țîbuleac, published by “Tri”,2024;
- Irena Jurčeva the translation from English of “The Black Cat” (,Црниот мачор - раскази за мистеријата") by Edgar Allan Poe, published by “Tri”,2024;
- Jasminka Markovska for the translation from Norwegian of “ Morning and night” ( „Утро и вечер“ ) by Jon Fosse, published by Artkonekt2024;
- Kalina Maleska for the translation from English of “Free: Coming of Age at the End of History” („Слобода: созревање на крајот на историјата“) by Lea Ypi, published by “Ili-Ili”,2024;
- Katerina Sotirova for the translation from Italian of “Amphorae” („Амфора“) by Luigi Pirandello, published by “Ili-Ili”,2024;
- Katica Garoska - Acevskafor the translation from Serbian of “Semper Idem” („Semper Idem”) by Đorđe Lebović, published by Polica2024;
- Kristina Stamenova for the translation from Chinese of “I am not a Mistress” („Јас не сум прељубница“ ) by Liu Zhenyun, published by “Makedonika litera”,2025;
- Lidija Tanuševska or the translation from Polish of “The Empusium” („Емпусион“) by Olga Tokarczuk, published by "Antolog"2025;
- Ljubica Arsovska or the translation from English of “ The Genius and the Goddess” ( „Генијот и божицата“) by Aldous Huxley, published by Artkonekt2025;
- Mario Stojanovski for the translation from English of “The Seed Keeper” („Чуварка на семиња“) by Diane Wilson, published by "Matica"2024;
- Milan Damjanovski for the translation from English of “Ten stories” („Десет раскази“) by O. Henry, published by “Svetla komora”,2024;
- Nikola Kuzmanovski for the translation from English of the “The Shadow over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror” („Сенката над инсмот и други грозотии“) by H. P. Lovecraft, published by “Poligramaton”2024;
- Sonja Stojmenska - Elzeser for the translation from Polish of “On the Beautiful Blue Djevnice” („На убавата сина Джевнице„) by Antonin Bayaya, published by “Perun artis”2025;
- Svetlana Kočovska - Stevovikj for the translation from Ancient Greek of “Ephesian Tale” („Приказна од Ефес: Антија и Хаброком“) by Xenophon, pubvlished by “Ili-Ili”,2025;
- Filip Dimevski for the translation from Polish of “Masquerade” („Маскарада“) by Witold Gombrowicz, published by Begemot.2024;
This year's edition of the "Dragi" award was realized by the publishing house "Antolog" with the support of the Ministry of Culture and in cooperation with the Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski" - Skopje. The award consists of a plaque, “Dragi” statuette and a monetary award consisting of 40.000 denars.
Initially, 35 prose works by 33 translators, published by 18 publishing houses or individuals, for translations made from 17 different languages were nominated for this years’ “Dragi” award. From this year, a priority literary category was introduced for the first time, which will change every year.. For 2025 it is prose (fiction) and includes works such as novels, short story collections, essays, diaries, etc.
The annual award for best literary translation in Мacedonian - Dragi was announced in 2022 with the first honorary recognition awarded to Dragi Mihajlovski (1951-2022), a Мacedonian writer, translator, essayist and professor. Besides his prose work, Mihajlovski has left a meaningful and eternal footstep in Macedonian culture with the translation of Shakespeare, Milton, Shelley, Blake, Eliot. and others. He has published several studies and essays about the theory of translation and his opinions about literary translation have also inspired students at the Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski" in Skopje, where he was a professor.
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