Teodora Todosovska, a student in the Italian Language and Literature programme at the Faculty of Philology, Goce Delcev University (UGD), is the recipient of the 2026 “Babylon ZPRM” Award for Best Young Translator. She won the award for her translation of an excerpt from Perduto è questo mare (This Sea Is Lost) by Italian writer Elisabetta Rasy, a novel that was a finalist for the prestigious Italian literary award, the Strega Prize.
The student received the first prize, and her winning translation has been published in the latest issue of Kulturen Život (Cultural Life). The award also includes a one-year membership in the Association of Translators and Interpreters of the Republic of North Macedonia (ZPRM).
The award ceremony took place at the Salon of the Writers’ Association of Macedonia on 28 October 2026.
The “Babylon” Award is a project of the Association of Translators of the Republic of Macedonia.
