Heaven is a Total Bore!

"Vera, when I go to church I see people who on entering the church they make the sign of the cross mechanically in front of the icons, because heaven is a total bore. Saint next to a saint. And when they go, they stop to watch hell with wide open eyes. What a sight!"

Yordan Radichkov

Vera Mutafchieva (1929-2009), a remarkable Bulgarian women, historian, academician and writer, meets and talks to Yordan Radichkov, a Nobel prize nominee for literature. You can read find their conversation here - http://veramutafchieva.net/pdf/215.pdf.

A Useful Link: Bulgarian Folklore

The author of this site offers a list of useful links to translations of Bulgarian folk tales.

Contemporary Bulgarian Writers on Fiction Writing

The handbook of "Sozopol Fiction Seminars" featuring articles by Georgi Gospodinov, Deyan Enev, Theodora Dimova and others.

The Legendary Trayanov in English

I roamed alone and enchanted

in forest unknown and bleak,
a face, radiating and candid,
was following me in the thick.

Excerpt from "Vagabond's Balad" by Teodor Trayanov

Some of Teodor Trayanov's works translated in English.

Nikolay Haytov in English!

The wonderful site Kroraina offers this English translation of Nikolay Haytov's Wild Tales. Enjoy!

Literatura bulgara en español

Principales escritores búlgaros con sus biografías y obras.

Ein Überblick aus 1859: Südslawische Literatur

"Magazin fur die Literatur des Auslandes" 111-112 bietet seine Leser ein Bericht über die damalige Lage der Südslawischen Literatur und in diesem Zahl, auch der Bulgarischen Literatur. Keinesfals eine glaubwürdige Quelle für die Geschichte der Bulgarischen Literatur, aber trotzdem ist der Artikel interessant zu lesen.

A History of Bulgarian Literature in Turkish

On this link here, you will find uploaded a Turkish comprehensive history of Bulgarian literature. Aside from the main issue of the above page, an accusation in plagiarism, the uploaded book will be useful to speakers of Turkish interested in Bulgarian literature.

A List of Bulgarian Works Translated in Greek

Here and here you can find a list of translated Bulgarian works in Greek. It might be useful for those considering a translation of Bulgarian work in Greek.

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More International Translations

Find on this link another international page of SLOVOTO featuring English, French, German, Russian and Hungarian translations.

Bulgarian Literature in Seven Languages

Besides its older subpages, SLOVOTO now offers an international webpage featuring English, French, German, Old Bulgarian, Spanish, Greek and Russian translations.

Emiliyan Stanev's Peach Thief

On YouTube you might be curious to see the 1964 Bulgarian movie based on Emiliyan Stanev's Peach Thief.

Eine umfassende Geschichte der Bulgarischen Literatur von Alexander Kiossew

Die bulgarische Literatur in alter und neuer Sicht ist ein echtes Geschenk fur jene, die sich von bulgarischen Literatur und Kultur interessieren. Das umfassende Werk lesen Sie auf Google books auf Deutsch.

Eine kurze on-line Geschichte der Bulgarischen Literatur

Den kurzen Überblick finden Sie hier.

Slovoto - Eine Kollektion Bulgarischer Klassiker

Das Webprojekt "Slovoto" bietet seine Leser Bulgarische Literatur im Original, auf Deutsch und auf Englisch (siehe die aelteste Meldungen).

Eine Liste neuer bulgarischen Titel auf Deutsch

Bücher aus und über Bulgarien - moderne Bulgarische Literatur (und mehr) auf Deutsch.

Ani Burova kommentiert die neueste bulgarische Literatur

Hier finden Sie die Sichtpunkt der Kritikerin Ani Burova. 
 

Imaganing the Balkans - More on Bulgarian Literature

More about Balkan and Bulgarian literature.

An Anhtology of Slavic Authors Containing Bulgarian Stories

In this book there is a detailed review of Bulgarian literary history from 1944-1969 and some Bulgarian poets (Bagryana , Atanas Dalchev, Blaga Dimitrova, ...) and writers (Emilyan Stanev, Nikolay Khaytov, ...). You will also find some of their significant works translated into the English by Moser.

Lyubomir Nikolov, Metro: Short Stories

On Google books you can this book of a modern Bulgarian writer, Lyubomir Nikolov.

Eliss Shuman Comments: Miroslav Penkov, East of the West

Eliss Shuman discusses Miroslav Penkov's "East of the West".

Elin Pelin's "Andreshko"

On Tedi's blog you can find her translation of Elin Pelin's story "Andreshko."

"September" by Geo Milev, in English

Here you can read an English translation of Geo Milev's fabulous poem "September".

The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

On Google Books you can read this excerpt on Bulgarian literature from Oxford's Guide to Literature in English Translation.

Some Classical and Modern Authors

A site with a broad scope. You can find medieval Bulgarian literature, classical authors such as Vazov, Slaveykov, Debelyanov, Yavorov, Botev, Blaga Dimitrova, Vaptsarova, Penyo Penev and young authors as Petya Doubarova or Edvin Sougrev.

A Short Overview of Bulgarian Literature

From the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet to ...

Some Reviews on Bulgarian Literature

Here are some comments on a few contemporary Bulgarian works like Zift, Unreal Estate and others.

Contemporary Bulgarian Writers

The project of Elizabeth Kostova's Foundation will be useful for anybody interested in contemporary Bulgarian literature.

Slovoto - Bulgarian Fiction Online

On this site you will find English translations of some famous Bulgarian authors. The project aims to "all significant works of Bulgarian fiction on the Internet". Among the authors which you can read now are: Hristo Botev, Nikola Vaptsarov, Hristo Smirnenski, Chudomir, Georgi Konstantinov, Petya Dubarova, Yuliana Manova, Momchil Nikolov.