October 2, 2024, Skopje - Today awaits us the most fulfilled day from the program of the annual "BookStar" Festival, including the awarding ceremony of Iceland's Jón Kalman Stefánsson BookStar 2024 and the Čalgija Sound System concert for the occasion of the two anniversaries - 10 years of "Bookstar" and 25 years of "Antolog"! The day will start with "Literary opening
ANNOUNCEMENT PACKED HALL FOR THE OPENING OF THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF "BOOKSTAR"! October 1, 2024, Skopje - "Bookstar" is ten years of inspiration. Inspiration for writers, for readers, for the silenced and inspiration for the forgotten - this was stated by the organizer of the festival and editor-in-chief of "Antolog", Žarko Kujundjiski, at the official opening of the tenth, jubilee edition...
1. What does the initiative for the "Dragi" award represent for you? Last year, when the "Dragi” Award was established, I felt joy and approval. And for two reasons: first, because this award bears the name of my colleague from the Faculty of Philology, Professor Dragi Mihajlovski, who with his translation activity set reference values in the field of translation on Macedonian soil...
What does the "Dragi" award initiative represent for you? A noble initiative to highlight quality translations, a contribution to the affirmation of the Macedonian language, and a reminder that the task of the translator is no less important than that of the author. I believe that this award will remain a perennial tradition and will do a lot for the translator to come out of his invisibility more and more. In addition, the "Dragi" award is a fond memory of Professor Dragi Mihajlovski, who had great love...
30 септември 2024, Скопје – Фестивалот за европска литература „Букстар“ (BookStar ) почетокот на своето јубилејно, десетто издание, ќе го означи денеска, а ќе трае до 3 октомври. Програмата на фестивалот опфаќа дваесетина настани: разговори со автори, промоции на книги, средби со студенти, панел-дискусии, книжевни читања, креативни работилници поткасти, музички концерти, изложба, стендап шоу, доделување…
September 27th 2024, Skopje – “BookStar” Festival has announced the complete program for its tenth edition and it includes a number of attractive events and impressive names from different European countries - Jón Kalman Stefánson (Iceland), Alessandro Baricco (Italy), Kristian Novak (Croatia), Zdravka Evtimova (Bulgaria), José Luís Peixoto (Portugal), Igor Marojević (Serbia), Paola Peretti (Italy), Faruk Šehić...
1. What does the "Dragi" award initiative represent for you? The "Dragi" Award fills an obvious void in our cultural space, as for a long time we have been facing a lack of this type of recognition that would value that proven painstaking, and not always adequately compensated, work of literary translators.
1. What does the "Dragi" award initiative represent for you? When I think of Dragi Mihajlovski, I think of a teacher. Dragi is one of my teachers, although he was never my professor. When I say teacher, I mean someone I look up to, someone who is a shining example of how to work. I learn from both his translations and his source texts.
1. What does the "Dragi" award initiative represent for you? The establishment of the "Dragi" award itself is a well-deserved recognition of the contribution of the respected colleague and friend Dragi Mihajlovski to the theory and practice of translation, especially literary translation. Whenever I saw him, I used to greet him with 'nomen est omen', because his name really marked him as especially DEAR (DRAG - wordplay with Dragi's name), equally loved by students and colleagues long before he became a professor. Namely, he was that magnet who with his gentleness, with his unobtrusive and deep knowledge, drew everyone...
At the penultimate meeting for the awarding of the prize for the best literary translation “Dragi”, the jury committee consisting of Jana Mihajlovska PhD, Zorica Nikolovska PhD and Vladimir Jankovski selected the ladt round of five translators-finalist eoth publications published by five publishing houses and translations made from four different languages (the translators are listed according...