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Macedonian Writers Association - Promotion of Anthology of Macedonian
Poetry in Tirana

(Utrinski Vesnik, 29.8.2002) - In the presence of the diplomatic corps
and high Albanian officials, as well as representatives of Macedonian
associations in Albania and organisations of Macedonians from Dolna
Prespa, the Anthology of Macedonian Poetry in Albanian Language, which
has been published recently by the biggest publishing house in Albania
“Nufri” will be promoted in hotel “Rogner” in Tirana Thursday.
The promotion is an important act, before all a presentation of the first
book translated from Macedonian to Albanian before the Albanian public.
Macedonian Ambassador to Albania Risto Nikovski, president of Macedonian
Writers Association Vele Smilevski, anthology collector Gane Todorovski
and translator Resul Sabani will speak at the promotion, followed by
interpretation of verses by Macedonian poets Gane Todorovski, Rade
Sijlan, Resul Sabani, Vele Smilevski and Stevo Simski.
The meeting marks the end of the diplomatic mission of Macedonian
Ambassador Risto Nikovski in Albania.




Writers at Promotion in Tirana

(Vest, 30.8.2002) - The Anthology of Macedonian Poetry in Albanian
Language, which has been recently published by the biggest publishing
house in Albania “Nufri”, was promoted in Tirana Thursday. This is the
first book in Macedonian language that is published there. Macedonian
Ambassador to Albania Risto Nikovski organised the promotion. Several
Macedonian writers went to Albania on this occasion, led by president of
the Macedonian Writers Association Vele Smilevski. The Anthology was
presented by its selector academic Gane Todorovski and translator Resul
Sabani, who along with their colleagues Rade Siljan and Stevo Simski
presented part of their poetry.


 


>From September 17th to 24th in Ohrid - World Congress of the
International PEN 




(Nova Makedonija, 6.09.2002) - The 69th World Congress of the
International PEN will take place from September 17th to 24th at the
Metropol Hotel in Ohrid. The congress will be attended by over 260
participants from Macedonia and world, renowned writers, editors and
intellectuals. The Macedonian PEN Center was supposed to host the World
Congress of the International PEN last year, but it was postponed because
of the war in the country. 
The president of the Macedonian PEN Dimitar Basevski at yesterday’s press
conference said that the congress is an important event in the field of
literature and culture in our country, owing to the prestige and activity
that the Macedonian PEN has with the International PEN and the support
that the it gives to the Macedonian center. The declaration of the
International PEN, said Basevski, its main determinations contains the
freedom of writing, the individual rights of the writer, lingual rights
in general and lingual rights of smaller groups, but also the support of
the translation of literature and other works. The preparations are going
well, says Basevski, and so far we have received the conformation for the
participation of over 220 participation from at least 80 PEN centers from
75 countries in the world, among which 30 from Macedonia. 



Cultural Space “Tocka” - Young Macedonian Poetry in Three Languages  
Note:  "I", "Dhe", and "And" below:




(Vecer, 11.07.2002) - The publisher “Templum” will promote its new
edition “I/DHE/AND” tonight at 20.30 at the public cultural space
“Tocka”. It is a three-language selection (in Macedonian, Albanian and
English) of young Macedonian poetry by nine poets. The editors of the
edition are Iskra Gesovska and Dzabir Ahmeti and it includes the poetry
of Lidija Dimkovska, Lindita Ahmeti, Ivan Dodovski, Salajdin Salihu,
Suzana V. Spasovska, Ivica Antevski, Ljuljzim Haziri, Nikola Madzirov and
Natasa Bunteska. The promoter of the book is Nikola Gelevski and during
the promotion there will be a discussion on the subject “What is the
Subject of Macedonian Literature?’. The moderator of the debate is Robert
Aladjozovski and the participants are Elizabeta Seleva, Suzana V.
Spasovska, Ivan Dodovski, Muruse Hodza, Nikola Gelevski and others. 
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The oldest and most famous International
Poetry Festival in Europe ( Macedonia )  in Struga

During the last 42 years, nearly 4000 poets, essayists and literary
critics from over  hundred countries participated at the Struga Poetry
Evenings, including such world famous poets as Adonis (Syria), Genadii
Aigi (Russia), Rafael Alberti (Spain), Yehudi Amihai (Israel), Yves
Bonnefoy (France), Josif Brodski (USA), Mak Dizdar (Bosnia),  Hans Magnus
Enzens-berger (Germany), Allen Ginsberg (USA), Eugène Guillevic (France),
Seamus Heaney (Ireland), Ted Hughes (UK), Arthur Lundkvist (Sweden),
Pablo Neruda (Chile), Eugenio Montale (Italy), Macoto Ooka (Japan),
Slavko Mihalic (Croatia), Miodrag Pavlovic (Yugoslavia), Yannis Ritsos
(Greece), Tadeus Rozewitz (Poland), Edoardo Sanguinetti (Italy), Leopold
Sedar Senghor (Senegal)
with an audience of thousands of people!
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Miruse Hodza in the New “Denes” – The Entire Problem Lies in the Heavy
Emotions 

(Makedonija Denes, 11.04.2002) - Miruse Hodza, an assistant at the
Department for Albanian language and literature, an intellectual par
excellence, thinking with her own, and what is more important, cold head,
from the aspect of the Sufism as an object of her scientific interest,
speaks about what happened in Macedonia. 
“The Sufism is a way of realisation of a complete person. I would say –
wisdom, despite this being a not very popular word. The teaching of the
Sufism, in the contemporary context might be employed through the full
comprehension of the situations, self-observation and the searching
through the one’s own heavy emotions. The entire problem lies within the
heavy emotions. The wars happen because of the heavy emotions present in
the people who are leaders of the world. The heavy emotions are the
depression, anger
 These emotions create our strategies in the relations
towards the Other. For example, in a given stress situation one reacts
with withdrawal and one with aggression. It should be examined what
stands behind the heavy emotions and how can we enter the subconscious,
and not to guide ourselves only by the ego-identification, that is “this
is mine and I should own this”. We look for the monopoly somewhere
outside and not within our selves”. 
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Here are the two authors / editors of the ground-breaking anthology of
Macedonian poetry in Albanian translation, as documented above.  Resul
Sabani (Shabani) was the translator, too.
ŠABANI Resul, b. 1944, Kališta near Struga, Republic of Macedonia. Poet,
prose writer, playwright. Writes in Albanian. Education: graduated from a
teachers' college at Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje,
Republic of Macedonia. Works as a journalist in the daily newspaper Flaka
e vëllazërimit published in Albanian in Skopje. Publications: poetry –
Fish, 1975; Hamlet with Black Skullcap, 1978; The Lake Fairy, 1983;
Waterscript of the Field, 1987; Oh America, 1992; The Non-existent Sin,
1995; short stories – The Lake, 1974; The Holy, 1978; The Wet Eyelashes,
1990; novels – The Captain's Love, 1988; plays – The Old Boat, 1978; Rain
in Uertomonto, 1979; Salt and Water, 1983; Fani Comes Alone, 1984; The
Milky Way, 1985; Monotony, 1987. Has translated into Albanian the
following authors: Blaže Koneski, Vlado Maleski, Dimitar Solev, Kosta
Racin, Eftim Kletnikov, etc. Most of his plays have been performed by
professional theatres in Macedonia. Memberships: Macedonian Writers'
Association, Macedonian P.E.N. Centre.

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SMILEVSKI Vele, b. 1949, Novo Selo near Demir Hisar, Republic of
Macedonia. Poet, essayist and critic. Education: PhD in Philology, Sts.
Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Has been a
journalist and editor in various publishing houses. Currently he is a
research fellow with the Institute of Literature at the Faculty of
Philology and professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Sts. Cyril and
Methodius University, Skopje. One time president of the Struga Poetry
Evenings festival. Publications in Macedonian: poetry – The Burning
Painting, 1974; Cage, 1978; Breathe Deeply, 1985; In Response to the
Breath, 1987; Moving Points, 1990; (selections of poetry) -Spawning in
the Tap, 1989; essays and criticism – Crossroads of the Word, 1987;
Critical Notebook, 1988; The Poetics of the Dream, 1988; Literary
Epistles, 1991; Processes and Works (selection), 1992; Aspects of
Macedonian Literature 1945-1985, 1993. Editor of the anthologies:
Macedonian Literature in Literary Criticism (in five volumes), 1974;
Macedonian Poetry of the 20th Century, 1989; Macedonian Short Stories,
1990. Represented in several anthologies of Macedonian poetry. Selections
in other languages: Cage (in Serbian), 1979; Cage (in Albanian), 1980.
Awards: (domestic) – Mlad Borec, 13 Noemvri. Memberships: Macedonian
Writers' Association, Macedonian P.E.N. Centre.

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