1. Mateja Matevski was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.
13 Facts About Mateja Matevski
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Mateja Matevski worked as a journalist for Macedonian Radio and Television, editor of the cultural and literary programme, editor-in-chief and director of the Television as well as Director General of the Radio Television Skopje.
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Mateja Matevski held the function of president of the commission for cultural relations abroad and was a member of the presidency of SR Macedonia.
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Mateja Matevski was an editor for the publishing house "Koco Racin".
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Mateja Matevski served as professor of history of world drama and a professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje.
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Mateja Matevski has been the editor of the literary journals "Mlada literatura" Association.
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Mateja Matevski has been the president of the council of the Struga Poetry Evenings Festival, "Racinovi sredbi".
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Mateja Matevski is a corresponding member of the North-American Academy in the Spanish language.
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Mateja Matevski is a member of the Bjornstjerne Bjornson Academy in Molde, Norway.
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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.
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Mateja Matevski has published over forty books of translations from Spanish, French, Macedonian, Slovenian, Russian, Albanian, Portuguese and Serbian.
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Mateja Matevski died on 6 June 2018 in Skopje, Macedonia, aged 89.
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Mateja Matevski's funeral was held at the Butel City Cemetery in Skopje.