- Source: 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.
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. 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:
Sekulov, Alexander
Shpatov, Alexander
Alexieva, Elena
Andreev, Emil
Boykov, Nikolay
Damianov, Krassimir
Damyanovska, Svetla
Denchev, Petar
Dimitrov, Ivan
Dimitrova, Kristin
Dimova, Theodora
Doneva, Maria
Fayon, Betti
Dvoryanova, Emilia
Evtimova, Zdravka
Popov, Alek
Slavchev, Dobromir
Gospodinov, Georgi
Zarev, Vladimir
Ruskov, Milen
Kanev, Peycho
Karastoyanov, Hristo
Nemchev, Vergil
Nikiforov, Galin
Radeva, Yanitsa
Roshkev, Stoil
Tenev, Georgi
Terziyski, Kalin
Zaharieva, Virginia
Karabashliev, Zachary
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