Skopje, 5 May 2025 (MIA) — The Macedonian Cultural and Information Center in Zagreb will host an event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the codification of the Macedonian language.

According to organizers, the event will include presentations by Macedonian language scholars as well as a poetry reading titled "Macedonian Poetry Evening."

A project of the Macedonian publishing house Vostok, the poetry reading will feature contemporary Macedonian poets reading their poems in Macedonian. Their poems will be read in Croatian by Croatian students of Macedonian.

The Macedonian Cultural and Information Center in Zagreb will also mount an exhibit titled "The Macedonian Literary Groundwater," showcasing archival material on the codification of the Macedonian language as well as poetry books.

The event is organized by the Macedonian Embassy in Croatia and the Macedonian Language Lectorate at the Faculty of Philosophy in Rijeka's Department of Croatian Studies. mr/

Photo: Macedonian Cultural and Information Center in Zagreb