Mihail Petruševski (

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

and sr-cyr, Михаил Петрушевски; July 2, 1911,

Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...

– February 27, 1990) was a Yugoslav

academic, philologist and founder of the Faculty of Philosophy at the

Skopje University The Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje ( mk, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“ во Скопје) is the oldest and largest public university in North Macedonia. It is named after the Byzantine Christi ...

. He published over 200 philosophic works, but his translation of Homer's " Iliad" and his adaptation of " Skanderbeg" by Grigor Parlichev were considered particularly significant for Macedonian culture. Petruševski was also a committee member on the first Committee for the Standardization of the Macedonian Alphabet, and a former

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of Saints Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje.

Annotations

*Name: His name is also written as "Mihailo" or "Mihajlo" (Михаило Петрушевски; Михајло Петрушевски).

References

Macedonian Information Agency

Rectors of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
1911 births 1990 deaths Yugoslav writers 20th-century male writers Yugoslav philosophers Yugoslav translators Academic staff of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje People from Bitola Culture of North Macedonia 20th-century translators 20th-century Serbian philosophers {{Macedonia-bio-stub