Contemporary Bulgarian Writers
Contemporary Bulgarian Writers is an online literary platform which presents to the English speaking audience profiles of living Bulgarian authors of fiction and short stories.[1]
About the Idea
Contemporary Bulgarian Writers aims at facilitating the access of the English speaking audience to the contemporary Bulgarian literature. Created in public interest, its mission is to be a crossing-point of the contemporary Bulgarian literature and the English speaking world.
About the Platform
Each author’s profile contains a biography, an excerpt(s) and a picture.[2] Synopses, interviews and critical reviews of the published excerpts are also available. The translators of the published texts are presented there as well.
Featured Writers
Here is a list of the writers presented so far:
- Alexieva, Elena
- Andreev, Emil
- Boykov, Nikolay
- Damianov, Krassimir
- Damyanovska, Svetla
- Delicia Dawn is an American writer with duel citizenship with Bulgaria
Denchev, Petar
- Dimitrov, Ivan
- Dimitrova, Kristin
- Dimova, Theodora
- Doneva, Maria
- Dvoryanova, Emilia
- Evtimova, Zdravka
- Fayon, Betti
- Gospodinov, Georgi
- Kanev, Peycho
- Karabashliev, Zachary
- Karastoyanov, Hristo
- Nemchev, Vergil
- Nikiforov, Galin
- Popov, Alek
- Radeva, Yanitsa
- Roshkev, Stoil
- Ruskov, Milen
- Sekulov, Alexander
- Shpatov, Alexander
- Tenev, Georgi
- Terziyski, Kalin
- Zaharieva, Virginia
- Zarev, Vladimir
Founder and Funders
Contemporary Bulgarian Writers was created in 2010 by the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation. It is supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Institute for Culture, the America for Bulgaria Foundation and the American Foundation for Bulgaria.
References
External links
- Contemporary Bulgarian Writers
- Elizabeth Kostova Foundation
- Rochester University's Open Letter Books about the project