Draft:Marija Mosnak

Marija Mosnak
аlt=Маrija Моsnak
Born	on February 25, 1946.
Died	May 30, 2022 (age 76)
Citizenship	Yugoslav, Serbian
Mother tongue	Rusyn
High School	Vrbas
Period of work activity	1967—2001
Jobs	announcer, translator, journalist
Buried	in the City Cemetery in Novi Sad

Marija Vadaski Mosnak (February 26, 1946, Kucura — May 30, 2022) was the first professional announcer in the Rusyn editorial office of Radio Novi Sad and on the TV Novi Sad.

Early life and education

Maria Mosnak, born Vadaski was born in Kucura on February 26, 1946. She finished elementary school in her hometown and high school in Vrbas. After finishing high school, she enrolled in studies at the Higher Administrative School in Novi Sad.

Career

She started working in the Rusyn editorial office of Radio Novi Sad on May 15, 1967. She spent her entire working life in front of the microphones at Radio Novi Sad as the first professional radio announcer in the editorial office of Radio Novi Sad's Rusyn program.  

In the period when TV Novi Sad began to broadcast programs in several languages, Marija Mosnak was also the first television announcer in TV Novi Sad's Rusyn language programs.

During the 1970s, Marija Mosnak also appeared in the role of host of the Rusyn Red Rose Festival of Culture, and she also led a conference on contact programs organized by the Rusyn editorial office of Radio Novi Sad in the villages where Rusyns live.

In 1973, Marija Vadaski married Andrija Mosnak and had two sons with him.  

In addition to her work as an announcer, Marija Mosnak also worked as a translator for the Rusyn program of Radio Novi Sad, and at the height of her career, she also worked as a journalist because she edited the informative part of the morning program in the Rusyn language as well as the evening news show in the Rusyn language.

She is remembered as an announcer with a distinctly beautiful and pleasant velvety voice, as well as for the maximum dedication to her work, which she performed in an impeccable professional manner and with special love. As an experienced announcer, she helped to form a whole generation of announcers in the Rusyn language who followed her example and professionalism in their work.

She retired on February 28, 2001.

Death

Marija Mosnak died in Veternik near Novi Sad on May 30, 2022 at the age of 76, and was buried at the City Cemetery in Novi Sad.

External links

• Ґрупа авторох: Гласи и часи, 70 роки Рускей редакциї Радио Нового Саду, Новинарска асоцияция  Руснацох - НАР, Нови Сад 2019, б. 30-31.
• Ґрупа авторох: Гласи и часи, 70 роки Рускей редакциї Радио Нового Саду], Новинарска асоцияция  Руснацох - НАР, Нови Сад 2019, б. 138.
• GODINE SLIKE I TONA / RTV sećanja, Izdavač RUV RTV, Ignjata Pavlaša 3, Novi Sad.
• Умарла Мария Моснак, Рутенпрес, РТВ, 9. юний 2022.
• In memoriam у новинох Руске слово, число 24 (3997)17. юний 2022. б. 18