Mateja Matevski
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Mateja Matevski (13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.[1][2]
Career
Matevski was born on 13 March 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey to an
Matevski has been the editor of the literary journals "Mlada literatura" Association. He has also been the president of the council of the Struga Poetry Evenings Festival, "Racinovi sredbi". He is a corresponding member of the North-American Academy in the Spanish language. Matevski is a member of the Bjornstjerne Bjornson Academy in Molde, Norway.
Mateja Matevski is a central figure in the second generation of Macedonian poet-intellectuals who came to maturity with their nation in the 1950s and shaped the main directions of its contemporary literature. The founding generation of Macedonian poets who came before them—that of Blaze Koneski and
Thirty books of his poetry have been published in twenty foreign languages. He has published over forty books of translations from Spanish, French, Macedonian, Slovenian, Russian, Albanian, Portuguese and Serbian.
Matevski died on 6 June 2018 in
Selected works
- Rains (poetry, 1956)
- The Equinox (poetry, 1963)
- Irises (poetry, 1976)
- The Circle (poetry, 1977)
- Lime Tree (poetry, 1980)
- The birth of Tragedy (poetry, 1985)
- From Tradition to the Future (criticism and essays, 1987)
- Drama and Theatre (theatre criticism and essays, 1987)
- Moving Away (poetry, 1990)
- Black tower (poetry, 1992)
- Carry away (poetry, 1996)
- The Light of the Word (criticism and essays)
- The Dead One (poetry, 1999)
- Inner area (poetry, 2000)
Awards
- Macedonian Writers' Association Award, "Miladinov Brothers", "11th October", "Grigor Prlicev", "Koco Racin"
- Book of the Year from the Macedonian literary foundation, "Praznik na lipite", "Kliment Ohridski", *The great award "Makedonsko slovo", "Kiril Pejcinovic",
- "Goranov Venec" (Lukovdol, Croatia)
- "Blez Sandrar" (Iverdon, Switzerland),
- "Premio Mediterraneo " – special award (Palermo, Italy)
- "Fernando Rielo" – world award for mystical poetry – for the book "The Black Tower" (Madrid, Spain),
- "Zupanciceva listina" – Slovenian Writers' Association (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- "Atlantida" (Las Palmas, Spain)
- Holder of the French Legion of Honour, Arts and Literature.
- "Jan Smrek Prize" – awarded for his lifelong poetical work (Slovakia, 2010)
- "Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings" (Struga, Macedonia, 2011)
References
- ^ "Mateja Matevski - Dobredojde Macedonia Welcome Centre". 10 May 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Mateja Matevski's peers launch posthumous collection of his poetry". Republika English. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ISBN 978-608-4503-95-8.
- ^ "ПОЧИНА АКАДЕМИК МАТЕЈА МАТЕВСКИ – Сакам Да Кажам". 7 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ https://tera.mk/почина-поетот-и-академик-матеја-матев/
- ^ "MIA". Mia.mk. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.[permanent dead link]