The prose work of Nexati Zekeriya (1928-1988)

Celik, Mahmut and Koteva, Ivana (2023) The prose work of Nexati Zekeriya (1928-1988). Knowledge - International Journal, 61 (5). ISSN 2545-4439

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Abstract

Nexati Zekeriya is one of the founders, especially of children's poetry and prose in the Turkish language
in the Republic of North Macedonia. However, his exceptional contribution to the publishing of children's
magazines (Sevinch and Tomurdzuk), of which he was the main and responsible editor from the foundation, and
remained during the years when the first books for children in the Turkish language were published in the Republic
of Macedonia, is also significant. In addition, Nexati Zekeriya is also significant for the affirmation of the Turkish
literature and culture of the Republic of North Macedonia outside the borders of Macedonia, and above all in the
former Yugoslav territories and in the Republic of Turkey. His book of short stories "Children from our street"
represented the first serious breakthrough in the work of Turkish writers in the Republic of North Macedonia, not
only in the Yugoslav territories, but also in the Balkans and beyond. Nexati Zekeriya's contribution to the affirmation
of Macedonian poetry in the Republic of Turkey deserves special attention, and his translations of the poetry of
Kocho Racin and Blaze Koneski were especially noticed. However, the place of Nexati in the field of short stories
for children in the Turkish language in the Republic of North Macedonia is of exceptional importance. He was
awarded the most prestigious Yugoslav award in the field of children's literature - the Zmay Award - for your
contribution to Turkish children's literature in competition with 60 important Yugoslav children's writers.
Keywords: Nexati Zekeriya, children's literature, magazines, creativity

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Ivana Koteva
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2024 13:02
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2024 13:02
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/33253

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