Ivan Dorovský

Ivan Dorovský (18 May 1935 – 24 August 2021[1]) was a Czech Balkanologist of Macedonian origin. He worked as a literary scholar, translator, poet and publicist, university professor at Masaryk University, and Slavist.[2][3] He was also the Chairman of the Society of Friends of the South Slavs.[4] He was the 2008 recipient of the Macedonian honorary Racin Recognition for his contribution and affirmation of Macedonian literature and culture,[5][6] and the 2013 recipient of the F. A. Zach Prize for his contribution to the relationship with the Serbian nation.[7]

Ivan Dorovský
Born(1935-05-18)18 May 1935
Greece
Died24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 86)
Brno, Czech Republic
NationalityMacedonian
CitizenshipCzechoslovak, Czech
Occupation(s)Slavist, Balkanologist
Academic work
Main interestsBalkanology

He left Greece as a child during the civil war.[8]

Life

He studied Russian and Bulgarian at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno. After graduation he worked briefly as a high school professor, then from 1961 lectured at the University of Brno and in 1987 he was appointed full professor.[9] His scientific and artistic activities spanned several fields: literary science, linguistics, ethnography and folklore studies, history, and cultural studies.[10] He was an elected member (14 May 1979) of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Skopje.[11] He regularly organized and led Balkanology symposia at the Masaryk University in Brno. He was also named (2000) honorary professor at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.[12][13][14]

Work

He was the author of many monographs and dictionaries. He compiled medallions of Macedonian, Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Albanian and other authors. His bibliography of over 2000 items included his scientific, journalistic and artistic works, not only citations themselves, but also some reviews of publications.[15][16] He was interested in Balkan and Slavic studies, especially in the history of literature, folklore, ethnography and languages of the Balkan Slavic and non-Slavic peoples,[17] and his research extended to Russian studies as well.[12] In 2014, he published a memoir entitled With Home in My Heart.[18]

Selected publications:

  • České země a Balkán: kapitoly z dějin česko-makedonských a makedonsko-českých styků. 1973
  • Konstantin Jireček – život a dílo. 1983
  • Rajko Žinzifov: vozdejstvije russkoj i ukrainskoj literatury na jego tvorčestvo. 1988
  • Studii za balkanskiot literaturen proces vo 19 i 20 vek. 1992
  • Dramatické umění jižních Slovanů. 1 (1918–1941). 1995
  • Ivan Dorovský: Bibliografie 1995
  • Charváti ještě žijí mezi námi. 1996
  • Česko-charvátský slovník. 1996
  • Balkán a Mediterán : Literárně historické a teoretické studie. 1997
  • Makedonci žijí mezi námi. 1998
  • Studie z literárněvědné slavistiky. 1999
  • Slovník balkánských spisovatelů. 2001
  • Studia slavica et balkanica. 2001
  • Mickiewicz, Puškin a Balkán. 2001
  • Ilinden je v nás. Ilinden e vo nas. To Ilinten ine mesa mas. Ilinden is within us. 2003
  • Vozdejstvoto na ruskata i ukrainskata literatura vrz tvoreštvoto na Rajko Žiznifov. 2003
  • Recepce literatury jižních Slovanů u nás. 2004
  • With Home in My Heart. 2014
  • Studia Macedonica II. 2015[19]

See also

References
  1. "Masarykova univerzita: Zemřel prof. Ivan Dorovský". Filozofická fakulta MU (in Czech). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. "Dorovsky, Ivan, Prof. PhDr. prof. h.c. DrSc. WHO IS WHO in Czech Slavonic Studies". www.slaviste.cz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. Stehlík, Petr (1 January 2019). "Czech-Macedonian Relations". Srednja Europa. Zagreb 2015: 166 – via www.academia.edu.
  4. "Společnost přátel jižních Slovanů". Radio Prague International (in Czech). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. "Honorary Racin Recognition Presented to Dorovsky". Macedonian Cultural and Information Centre. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. "Врачено Почесното Рациново признание за 2008 година". arhiva.veles.gov.mk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. "Cenu Františka Zacha převzal profesor Ivan Dorovský". South Moravian Region. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  8. "Ivan Dorovský měl v záchranném transportu makedonských a řeckých dětí číslo 681". Brno (in Czech). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  9. Kudrnáč, Jiří (7 January 2011). "Souznění v životě a literatuře". duha.mzk.cz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. "Ivan Dorovský's scientific contributions". ResearchGate. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  11. "Д-р Иван Доровски (Ivan Dorovský) – МАНУ". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  12. Pospíšil, Ivo (2021). "Ivan Dorovský a rusistika". Новая Русистика. 14 (2): 59–69. doi:10.5817/NR2021-2-5. hdl:11222.digilib/144517.
  13. "PROFESSOR HONORIS CAUSA" (PDF). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  14. "Д-р Иван Доровски (Ivan Dorovský) – МАНУ". Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  15. "Herder-Institut: Bibliotheks- und Bibliographieportal:..." hds.hebis.de. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  16. "inauthor:"Ivan Dorovský" - Google Search". www.google.cz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  17. Pospíšil, Ivo (2020). "Ivan Dorovský jako slavista a komparatista" [Ivan Dorovský as a slavist and comparatist]. Ivanu Dorovskému ad honorem (in Czech). pp. 31–42. ISBN 978-80-210-9604-2. OCLC 1237097719.
  18. Dorovský, Ivan (2014). S domovem v srdci =: Home in the heart = S rodinoĭ v serdt͡se (Vydání 1 ed.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita. ISBN 978-80-210-6867-4.
  19. Dorovský, Ivan (2015). "Apendix". Studia Macedonica II (in Czech): 212–229.
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