Blaže Koneski

@Poets, Life Achievements and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Blaze Koneski was a famous Macedonian poet, writer, literary translator, and linguistic scholar Poets Miscellaneous Sagittarius Celebrities Blaze Koneski was a famous Macedonian poet, writer, literary translator, and linguistic scholar. He was the author of the fundamental works of the Macedonian language and defined its grammar, dictionary, as well as history. He was a keen learner since childhood and developed a special interest in literature from an early age. After studying medicine for a brief period, he realized that he wanted to become a literary artist and changed his major to Serbian language and literature. He wrote poetry and prose, and also became a distinguished translator of German, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian as well as Polish poetry. After the liberation of Macedonia, he rose to become one of the most prominent figures of the Macedonistics. He served as a university professor and institutionally organized comprehensive study of the Macedonian language, its history and its dialects and principles of standardization. He took part in many activities in the area of education and culture, as well as in the founding of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. He served as the first president of the ‘Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts’ and was also a member of several foreign academies. He is most remembered as a prominent member of the committee for standardization of the Macedonian literary language and its most outstanding representative

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Birthday: December 19, 1921 Died on: December 7, 1993 Nationality: Macedonian Famous: Poets, Miscellaneous Known as: Blaze Koneski Universities: University of Belgrade Gender: Male Information Detail Birthday December 19, 1921 Died on December 7, 1993 Nationality Macedonian Famous Poets, Miscellaneous Known as Blaze Koneski Universities University of Belgrade Gender Male Sun Sign Sagittarius Famous as Poet Died at Age 71

He died on December 7, 1993, at the age of 61, in Skopje. He received a state funeral for his illustrious literary career and for his contribution to the codification of standard Macedonian language. Unsplash Personal Life

To honor Blaze Koneski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje has named the Faculty of Philology after him Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on December 19, 1921, in Nebregovo, near Prilep, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in a distinguished family with pro-Serbian sentiments. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

When he was six years old, he joined his first primary school. After finishing the first grade, he moved to Prilep, where he completed his primary education till the eighth grade. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

When the General Secondary School in Prilep was shut down, he commenced his studies at the Secondary school in Kragujevac and graduated in 1939. He developed a keen interest in literature and became the editor of the school magazine. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After much persuasion from family and friends, he joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Belgrade. But, after a semester at the faculty, he realized that he was not at all interested in studying medicine. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In the summer semester of 1940, he got himself transferred to the Faculty of Philosophy, choosing a rare combination of subjects--Yugoslav Literature with Russian Literature and Russian Language. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He started his career by working as a lector in the Macedonian National Theater Unsplash Career

In 1946, he joined the faculty at the Philosophy Department of the ‘Saints Cyril and Methodius University’ of Skopje. He worked at the university until his retirement. Unsplash Career

He was one of the founders of the Writers’ Association of Macedonia (1947), the Institute for Macedonian Language (1953), and the Association (Union) for Macedonian Language and Literature (1954). Unsplash Career

He was a Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy (Philology) in Skopje, and Chancellor of the Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (1958–1960). He also served as a member of the Academies of Science and Arts of Croatia (1962), Serbia (1963), Slovenia (1963), Boznia and Herzegovina (1969), as well as of Austria and Poland. Unsplash Career

He became a member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1967, and was also elected its president in the same year; he served in this capacity until 1975. Unsplash Career

He is most remembered for his work on codifying the Macedonian standard language. Some of his related authored works are ‘Standard Macedonian’, ‘Grammar of Standard Macedonian’, ‘History of Macedonian’, and ‘Macedonian Dictionary’ (Three volumes). Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	December 19, 1921
Died on	December 7, 1993
Nationality	Macedonian
Famous	Poets, Miscellaneous
Known as	Blaze Koneski
Universities	University of Belgrade
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Sagittarius
Famous as	Poet
Died at Age	71

Blaže Koneski

Macedonian

Dec 19, 1921

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