ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF THE “DRAGI” AWARD 2025
for the best literary translation in Macedonian
In 2022, the publishing house "Antolog" established the "Dragi" award for the best literary translation in the Macedonian language. The first honorary edition was awarded to Dragi Mihajlovski, PhD, writer, translator, essayist and professor whose name bears the award.
In 2024, a record 43 works translated into Macedonian by 40 translators and published by 18 publishing houses or individuals were submitted. The entries covered foreign authors across all literary genres — novels, short stories, poetry, children’s books, and drama. To ensure a fairer evaluation system and proper recognition of the different challenges posed by each literary genre, starting in 2025 the award introduced a priority category, which will change every year. The priority category for this year is prose (fiction), including novels, short story collections, essays, diaries, and similar works. A total of 35 prose works translated by 33 translators were submitted.
The three-member jury comitee for the 2025 award consists of Dr. Anastasija Gjurčinova (representative proposed by the Faculty of Philology “Blazhe Koneski”), Dr. Jana Mihajlovska (representative of the family of Dragi Mihajlovski), and Ivan Shopov (representative proposed by Antolog Publishing House).
This year’s edition of the “Dragi” Award is organized by 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, a “Dragi” statuette, and a monetary prize of 40,000 MKD.
