Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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".

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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.