Dear colleagues, It is an extraordinary honor for me to be here, surrounded by friends and colleagues, and with my co-translator, Roli Grau, with whom we received this “Dear Award” that is very dear to us. My first tentative steps in the Macedonian language were right here on the shores of Lake Ohrid. And the translation…
September 4th. 2025 - Christina E. Kramer and Rawley Grau from USA- winners of the international “Dragi” award for the translation of Aco Šopov’s poetry into english - Twelve translated works in the second round for the “Dragi” award 2025. The winners of the 2025 international "Dragi" award for the most significant translation of a literary work by a Macedonian author are...
August 27th 2025, Skopje - The festival of European literature “BookStar”, in 2025, continues its tradition of offering a concept that will provoke thought, open dialogue, encourage a rethinking of values, and creatively connect to the broader literary and cultural context. The eleventh edition of...
August 21, 2025 The Antolog Publishing House from Skopje announces: 22 WORKS IN THE SECOND ROUND FOR THE "DRAGI" AWARD 2025 The three-member committee for the award of the award for the best translation into Macedonian "Dragi", composed of: Dr. Anastasia Gjurčinova (chair), Dr. Jana Mihajlovska and Ivan Šopov , at the jury working meeting held on…
July 2, 2025 The Antolog Publishing House from Skopje announces: 35 TRANSLATIONS ARRIVED FOR THE "DRAGI" AWARD 2025 The organizer of the "Dragi" Award announces that by the deadline for submitting nominated titles (July 1, 2025), 35 prose works translated into Macedonian have arrived, both in printed and e-book form.…
June 2nd 2025 The publishing house Antolog from Skopje has the honor to announce THE CONTEST FOR THE BEST LITERARY TRASLATION AWARD "DRAGI" 2025 IS NOW OPEN The award for the best translation in Macedonian language “Dragi” has been set up in order to celebrate the translation in Macedonia and highlight the importance...
Respected colleagues, dear Ambassador, respected Dean of the Faculty of Philology “Blaže Koneski“ in Skopje. I am very glad to be here today, and it is a great, great honor. As already mentioned, we are at the Faculty of Philology, the place where I receive this award, and that makes me especially pleased. Nineteen years ago...
I thank the committee from the bottom of my heart: Jana [Mihajlovska], Vladimir [Jankovski], Zorica [Nikolovska], thank you very much for the trust you have in my writing, I am touched. Of course, it is not easy to say something very smart now. I want to thank my publishers. I am here for the second time. Last year with "Artkonekt" and this year with "Antolog"...
BookStar is 10 years of struggle. A struggle for freedom. A struggle for the freedom of thought. A struggle to remain oneself. A struggle to belong, but also a struggle to be different. BookStar is 10 years of inspiration. Inspiration for writers, for readers, for the silenced, and inspiration for the forgotten. Who all did BookStar inspire?...
Dear guests, dear readers, dear writers and translators, dear organizers of Bookstar, thank you for bestowing me the honor of opening this festival. I was born in 1981 in Skopje, in what was once Yugoslavia. As one of the smallest countries in the federation, with a language codifed in 1945, I can testify that our generation...