TWO ANNIVERSARIES – TWO PIVOTS’ CENTURIES (THE TWO GREAT MACEDONIAN ANNIVERSARIES - 95 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF KRSTE PETKOV MISIRKOV AND 100 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF BLAZE KONESKI) Cover Image

ДВЕ ГОДИШНИНИ – ДВА СТОЖЕРНИ ВЕКА (КОН ДВАТА ГОЛЕМИ МАКЕДОНСКИ ЈУБИЛЕИ – 95 ГОДИНИ ОД СМРТТА НА КРСТЕ ПЕТКОВ МИСИРКОВ И 100 ГОДИНИ ОД РАЃАЊЕТО НА БЛАЖЕ КОНЕСКИ)
TWO ANNIVERSARIES – TWO PIVOTS’ CENTURIES (THE TWO GREAT MACEDONIAN ANNIVERSARIES - 95 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF KRSTE PETKOV MISIRKOV AND 100 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF BLAZE KONESKI)

Author(s): Ana Vitanova-Ringaceva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Macedonian Literature
Published by: Универзитет »Гоце Делчев« - Штип
Keywords: Blaze Koneski; Krste Petkov Misirkov; macedonian literary language.

Summary/Abstract: There are years in the history of every nation that have written history, years of creation and years of significant historical returns. This year 2021 is marked by the two pivotal anniversaries for Macedonia and the Macedonian people, 95 years since the death of Krste Petkov Misirkov and 100 years since the birth of Blaze Koneski. For the Macedonian people, language and the country in general, the year 2021 is a year of returning to the two pivots, two strong pillars dug deep into the foundations of the Macedonian existence. When we write about the position of these two great linguists and codifiers of the Macedonian literary language, then the conclusion that without them we could not talk about the Macedonian cultural-linguistic continuity is inevitably confirmed. The work of Misirkov and Blaze Konesi is our strongest argument against all the imposed denials of our existence and cultural continuity, arguments that we inherited more than 100 years ago. The paradigm set by Misirkov received its extensive elaboration and practical demonstration in the codification of the Macedonian literary language, a logical act after the centuries-old process of language maturation.