Nikola Berovski (Macedonian: Никола Беровски, 1923–1993) was a Macedonian educator and translator whose entire career was spent among the Macedonians in Albania. His Macedonian-Albanian dictionary contained over 10,000 words.[1]
Life
editBorn in Bitola, Berovski was among the Macedonian teachers sent to Albania following World War II.[2] His dictionary as well as his textbook in Macedonian for first grade and a grammar book for fourth-grade Macedonian were published in Tirana. After the Tito-Stalin Split in 1948, Berovski was one of two Macedonian teachers who remained in Albania, both having started families.[3][2] The other teacher, Gjorgji Mileski, remained until 1957, while Berovski remained in Albania for the rest of his life.[4]
Berovski worked with and was a friend of writer Sterjo Spasse.[5] In commemoration of 90 years since his birth in 2013, 500 copies of his dictionary were printed by the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and distributed among Macedonians in Albania.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Препечатен македонско-албанскиот речник на Никола Беровски" [Macedonian-Albanian Dictionary of Nikola Berovski Reprinted]. Kanal 5. 22 November 2013.
- ^ a b Christina Kramer; Eran Franekel. Language Contact Language Conflict. Peter Lang. p. 94. ISBN 9780820416526.
- ^ Vladimir Ortakovski (2021). Minorities in the Balkans. Brill. p. 196. ISBN 9789004478992.
- ^ Folklore macédonien. Institut za folkflor. 1993. p. 140.
- ^ Gane Todorovski (1995). Slova za delnicite [Words of the Sections]. Misla. p. 108. ISBN 9789989390111.