 It brought him the October Prize of the Republic of Macedonia for exceptional artistic achievement, the highest award of the Republic, as well as the 1980 Award for Best Yugoslav Play of the Year at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival.Two years later, "Flying on the Spot" (Лет во место) had its first production, a play which dealt with the fraught Macedonian Question of the late nineteenth century and the identity of the nation; it was to endear Stefanovski to his compatriots worldwide.Almost every year for the next thirty-three years was to see a new and successful play by Goran Stefanovski, many of them award-winners.