THE BIBLE IN MACEDONIAN LITERATURE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS Cover Image

Библијата во македонската книжевност во последните дваесет и пет години
THE BIBLE IN MACEDONIAN LITERATURE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS

Author(s): Girevski Aco
Subject(s): Biblical studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: Bible; Macedonian literature; Michail Rendzov; Ante Popovski; Eftim Kletnikov

Summary/Abstract: There is little doubt that the Bible is the world’s best-selling and most widely distributed book. Apart from being a Holy Book, the Bible is also profoundly human in its literary quality and beauty. The vast variety of the biblical narratives, as well as its poetry, seem to be an unceasing fountain of inspiration for readers, writers, and poets. A great number of poets and writers have marked their work with Biblical verses, for example, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, Goethe, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Kafka or T.S. Eliot. Fortunately, we have also our own examples of poets celebrating the Bible in their poetry, such as Eftim Kletnikov, Michail Rendzov with his Pslams, and Ante Popovski with his Song of Songs. The purpose of this research is to identify the Biblical presence in the work of several Macedonian poets after the publication of the Macedonian translation of the Bible in 1990.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 85-94
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Macedonian