Skopje, 21 December 2023 (MIA) — The 2023 Mito Hadzhivasilev-Jasmin National Award, an annual prize that champions exceptional journalism and nonfiction, will be given to journalist Mijalche Ivanov and non-fiction author Nenad Georgievski at a ceremony in Parliament.

Last year, Laura Papraniku-Bejtula won the award for journalism, and Aleksandar Trajkovski won the prize for nonfiction.

Mito Hadzhivasilev-Jasmin (1922-1968) was a prolific Macedonian journalist, nonfiction writer, and political activist.

He was one of the first editors-in-chief of Nova Makedonija, the oldest daily newspaper in the country.

Hadzhivasilev-Jasmin was also the first president of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia, founded in 1946.

The annual journalism and nonfiction award in his name was established a year after his death in 1969. mr/