Blaže Koneski

Blaže Koneski (1968)

Blaže Koneski [ ˈbɫaʒɛ ˈkɔnɛski ] ( Macedonian Блаже Конески; born December 19, 1921 in Nebregovo near Prilep ; † December 7, 1993 in Skopje ) was a Macedonian writer and philologist .

Life

Koneski attended schools in Prilep and Kragujevac and studied Slavic Studies in Belgrade and Sofia . After the Second World War he worked at the Macedonian National Theater and in 1946 became a professor at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Skopje ; 1958-1960 he was also rector of the university. He was a member of the Macedonian Academy of Science and Art and its first president from 1967 to 1975. He was also a member of the Academies of Zagreb , Belgrade, Sarajevo , Chicago and Łódź . Koneski published the literary magazines Nov den and Makedonski jazik . He was a member of the Macedonian PEN and the Macedonian Writers' Association since 1947 and their first president. He has received numerous prizes for his literary and scientific work, including the Herder Prize in 1971.

Works

Koneski's greatest importance lies in the codification of the Macedonian language , which was officially approved as the state and literary language in 1945. As a philologist, Koneski edited a two-volume grammar of the Macedonian language and a dictionary. He also wrote a history of Macedonian literature. As a translator, he transferred a. a. Shakespeare, Heine (1952) and Mickiewicz into Macedonian. In literary terms, Koneski was particularly important as a poet. But he also wrote stories.

Literary works:

• Земјата и љубовта ( Zemjata i ljubovta ) [ Eng . The Land and Love ], Poems, 1948
• Песни ( Pesni ) [ songs ], poems 1953
• Везилка ( Vezilka ) [ The Embroiderer ], poems 1955
• Лозје ( Lozje ) [ Weinberg ], stories 1955
• Песни ( Pesni ) [ songs ], poems 1963
• Стерна ( Sterna ) [ Sterna ], poems 1966
• Ракување ( Rakuvanje ) [ handshake ], 1969
• Petres Lied , German story 1972
• Записи ( Zapisi ) [ Notes ], poems 1974
• Стари и нови песни ( Stari i novi pesni ) [ Old and New Songs ], 1979
• Места и мигови ( Mesta i migovi ) [ Places and Moments ], poems 1981
• Чешмите ( Češmite ) [ The Fountains ], poems 1984
• Under the white limestone of the days , German 1986
• Послание ( Poslanie ) [ letters ], poems 1987
• Средба во рајот ( Sredba vo rajot ) [ Meeting in Paradise ], poems 1988
• Црква ( Crkva ) [ Church ], poems 1988
• Дневник по многу години ( Dnevnik po mnogu godini ) [ Diary after many years ], prose 1988
• Song of the Vine , German 1988
• Златоврв ( Zlatovrv ), poems 1989
• Сеизмограф ( seizmograph ) [ seismograph ], poems 1989
• Небесна река ( Nebesna reka ) [ Heavenly River ], 1991
• Црн овен ( Crn oven ) [ Black Ram ], poems 1993

Linguistic Codification, Linguistics and Literature Studies:

• Македонски правопис со правописен речник ( Makedonski pravopis so pravopisen rečnik ) [ Macedonian spelling with a spelling dictionary ], 1950
• Граматика на македонскиот литературен јазик ( Gramatika na makedonskiot literaturen jazik ) [ grammar of the Macedonian literary language ]. 2 volumes, 1952, 1954
• За македонскиот литературен јазик ( Za makedonskiot literaturen jazik ) [ On the Macedonian literary language ], 1952
• [Red.] Речник на македонскиот јазик ( Rečnik na makedonskiot jazik ) [ Dictionary of the Macedonian Language ]. 3 vols., 1961, 1965, 1966
• Историја на македонскиот јазик ( Istorija na makedonskiot jazik ) [ History of the Macedonian Language ], 1965
• Јазикот на македонската народна поезија ( Jazikot na makedonskata narodna poezija ) [ The Language of Macedonian Folk Poetry ], 1971
• Македонскиот 19. век, јазични и книжевно-историски прилози ( Makedonskiot 19. vek, jazični i kniževno-istoriski prilozi ) [ The Macedonian literary ], 19th century,
• Светот на легендатата и песната ( Svetot na legendata i pesnata ) [ The World of Legend and Song ], 1993

Translations:

• [Trans. and preface] Тиквешки зборник ( Tikveški zbornik ), 1987

Essays and a .:

• Беседи и огледи ( Besedi i ogledi ) [ speeches and opinions ], 1972
• Ликови и теми ( Likovi i temi ), Essay 1987
• Македонски места и теми ( Makedonski mesta i temi ) [ Macedonian Places and Topics ], Essay 1991

Afterlife

The Faculty of Philology at the University of Skopje is named after Koneski, who is much honored in Macedonia . In 2005, his birthplace in Nebregovo was renovated and turned into a memorial and museum for the writer. The Macedonian Academy of Sciences has named its highest honor after him.

Web links

Commons : Category: Blaže Koneski  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Blaže Koneski in the catalog of the German National Library