2023, A Year of Homage to Aco Šopov

During “2023, Year of Homage to Aco Šopov”, under the patronage of President Stevo Pendarovski, the work of the Macedonian poet was honored in his native country and elsewhere in the world, both on the scientific and on the literary and artistic scene.

Three books of his poetry have been published in English, Arabic and Polish, and three others in Macedonian. Numerous poems and articles about him have been published in various literary journals in Macedonia and abroad.

His writings have inspired works in the visual arts, music, theater and even contemporary dance.

Internationally, a vibrant tribute was paid to him with “A Day Made in Poetry”, at UNESCO, on March 23, World Poetry Day.

In this room of his Lyrical house, you'll find more details on the program of the Year.

• Third winter session of the Seminar of Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture (SMLLC)
• A Day made in Poetry! Tribute to Šopov at UNESCO
• Aco Šopov at INALCO
• International conference dedicated to Šopov at the "Goce Delčev" University in his native town, Štip
• "At five seventeen" - exhibition of artworks inspired by Šopov's homonymous text written after the Skopje earthquake in 1963 - Skopje
• Omnibus of animated films inspired by four poems by Šopov, under the title "Not-Being". Flipbook animation film festival - Skopje
• 56th SMLLC Summer Session - Ohrid
• Struga poetry evenings
• 50th SMLLC International Conference
• Promotion of three new books - Skopje
• Šopov in Bucharest, Zagreb, Istanbul, Ljubljana and Toronto
• Promotion of Find the Word - Faculty of Philology, Skopje
• "Black Sun", performed in music
• Ballet "Prayers of My Body" - Skopje

The Year 2023 inspired a series of projects that came to fruition in the following years, including  the "Poetry Days", organized by the Aco Šopov Poetry Foundation and Skopje City Mall.