Symposium on the 110th anniversary of the birth of Anton Vratuša
Symposium on the 110th birthday of Anton Vratuša, organised by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in cooperation with the Dr. Šiftar Foundation, took place from 19 to 20 February 2025 in Ljubljana and Murska Sobota. On the first day, important speakers and lecturers gathered in the SAZU hall: from the first President of the Republic of Slovenia, Milan Kučan, to former President Danilo Türk. The content of the symposium was also enriched by many academics and scientists, from Marko Snoj and Jože Pirjevec to Boštjan Žekš and the President of the Dr. Šiftar Foundation Marjan Šiftar.
The second day of the symposium on the 110th anniversary of the birth of Anton Vratuša took place in the hall of the Murska Sobota library. From the Fran Ramovš Institute for the Slovenian Language, Dr Tjaša Jakop, who worked with Acad. Vratuša in the research of Pavel’s linguistic work, about which she spoke in her lecture The research of Prekmurje local speech of Cankova village. The symposium was rounded off with a lecture by a scientist on the scientific work of Vratuša by Marko Jesenšek and Marjan Šiftar invited us to an evening event in honour of Anton Vratuša, honorary member of the Dr. Šiftar foundation and honorary citizen of the municipality of Murska Sobota.
Anton Vratuša, Slovenian politician, diplomat, publicist, NOB fighter and linguist, was born on 21 February 1915 in the village of Dolnji Slaveči and died on 30 July 2017 in Ljubljana. In his cosmopolitan thinking and actions, Vratuša demonstrated above all his love for his nation. In his early years, he was interested in general linguistic issues, but he soon focussed on the linguistic situation in Prekmurje and Porabje. Later, he mainly dealt with the topic of Slovenes in neighbouring countries; between 1988 and 2002 he was chairman of the Committee for the Study of National Minorities at the SAZU. His social commitment extends to the period and area of the Yugoslav, Slovenian and international pre-war, interwar and post-war periods.
