Ohrid, 7 December 2021 (MIA) – The Slovak philosopher, essayist, literary critic and professor at the University of Žilina, Dalimir Hajko, is the recipient of the 2022 World Award of Humanism, presented by the Ohrid Academy of Humanism to celebrates St. Clement of Ohrid across the globe.

Professor Hajko is the sixteenth rece[ient of this award, given by the UNESCO city of Ohrid, to the Nobel Prize winners Aleksandar Slozenicyn, Herta Müller, Daisaku Ikeda, Ravi Shankar, Peter Brook, Manoel De Oliveira, Romano Prodi, awakening the sources of the spiritual memory of the first medieval school of humanism founded by St. Clement and Naum, MIA's Ohrid correspondent reports.

Sending his thanks for the award, Hajko wrote in his letter to the president of the international jury, Ambassador Jordan Plevnes, that it’s an honor to receive this prestigious award.

“My deepest thanks go to the Ohrid Academy of Humanism, the members of the international jury, and the president for having nominated me. It will be a great honor and pleasure to receive this award personally in the beautiful city of Ohrid,” he wrote.

The award ceremony will be held traditionally on January 18, 2022, at the MANU House of Urania in Ohrid, ahead of the great holiday The Epiphany, Jordan Plevnes and Kiril Pecakov, Mayor of Ohrid, will hold speeches in honor of Hajko, and they will hand the award to the winner in the presence of an international assembly of guests, among which will be representatives and mayors from Ohrid’s sister cities across Europe, as well as cities covered by UNESCO. Hajko will then also hold a speech.

The next day, January 19, 2022, an international online conference titled “The Ohrid School of Humanism from the Medieval Ages until today in Europe and worldwide” will be held. Some of the participants will include the president of MANU, Ljupcho Kocarev, Jean-Patrick Conrad, president of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature in London, Ralica Ruseva, art historian from Sofia, Riccardo Brizzi, sociologist at the University of Bologna, professor Fabrice D’Almeida of the Panthéon-Assas University etc. dk/ba/