A Brief History of Bulgarian Literature

by Piero Scaruffi (E-mail)
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Paisij of Hilendar (1722): "Istoria Slaveno-Bolgarska" (176#) [h]
Georgi Rakovski (1824): "Traveller in Woods" (1858) [h]
Petko Slaveykov (1827): "Izvorat na Belonogata/ La sorgente di Biancopiede" (1873) [p]
Pencho Slaveykov (1866): "Epcheski Pesni/ Epic Poems" (1908) [p]
Dobri Voynikov (1833): "The Europeization of the Turk" (1876) [t]
Lyuben Karavelov (1835): "Balgari ot Stary Vreme" (1867)
Vasil Drumev (1841): Nestastna Familija/ Unhappy Family" (1860)
Hristo Botev (1848): "Poems" (1876) [p]
Ivan Vazov (1850): "Pod Igoto/ Under the Yoke" (1889) +
Ivan Vazov (1850): "Mitrofan" (1881)
Ivan Vazov (1850): "Epopeja na Zabravenite/ Epopee of the Forgotten" (1881) [p]
Konstantin Velickov (1855): "Carigradski Soneti" (1900) [p]
Stoyan Mihajlovski (1856): "kniga za Balgarskija Narod" (19##)
Aleko Konstantinov (1863): "Bai Ganyu/ Uncle John" (1895)
Todor Vlaykov "Veselin" (1865): "Dedocata Slavcova Unuka" (19##)
Penko Slavejkov (1866): "Karvava Pesen" (1912) [p]
Canko Bakalov "Cerkovski" (1869): "Iz Gankite na Sarceto" (1926)
Anton Strashimirov (1872): "Esenni Dni" (1902)
Kiril Hristov (1875): "Poems" (1944) [p]
Peyo Yavorov (1877): "Stihotvorenija" (1901) [p]
Peyo Yavorov (1877): "Bezsanici/ Sleepless" (1907) [p]
Peyo Yavorov (1877): "Podir Senkite na Oblacite/ Behind the Shadow of the Clouds" (1910) [p] +
Dimiter Ivanov "Elin-Pelin" (1878): "Zemja" (1928)
Dimiter Ivanov "Elin-Pelin" (1878): "Geracite" (1930)
Petko Todorov (1879): "Zidari" (1906) [t]
Yordan Yovkov (1880): "Ciflikat Kraj Granicata" (19##)
Yordan Yovkov (1880): "Milionerat" (19##) [t]
Dimcho Debelyanov (1887): "Legenda za Razbludnata Carkinija" (19##) [p]
Lyudmil Stoyanov (1888): "Holera" (19##)
Elisaveta Bagryana (1893): "Vecnata i Svjatata/ The Eternal and the Holy" (1927) [p]
Elisaveta Bagryana (1893): "Pet Zvezdi/ Five Stars" (1952) [p]
Geo Milev (1895): "Septemvri/ September" (1924) [p]
Hristo Smirnenski (1898): "Poems" (1923) [p]
Dimitur Talev (1898): "Zhelezniiat Svetilnik/ The Iron Candlestick" (1952)
Angel Karaliichev (1902): "Little Coin" (1928)
Georgi Karaslavov (1904): "Selkor/ The Village Correspondent" (1933)
Emiliian Stanev (1907): "Kradetsut na Praskovi/ The Peach Thief" (1948)
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909): "Motorni Pesni/ Motor Songs" (1914) [p]
Dimiter Dimov (1909): "Tjutjun/ Tobacco" (1951)
Andrei Guliashki (1914): "Sedemte Dni na Nashiia Zhivot/ The Seven Days of our Lives" (1969)
Pavel Vezhinov/ Nikola Gugov (1914): "Daleche ot Bregovite/ Far from the Shore" (1967)
Pavel Vezhinov/ Nikola Gugov (1914): "Barierata/ The Barrier" (1976)
Pavel Vezhinov/ Nikola Gugov (1914): "Noshhem s Belite Kone/ In the Night Riding the White Horses" (1975)
Aleksandur Gerov (1919): "Stihotvoreniia/ Longer Poems" (1961) [p]
Aleksandur Gerov (1919): "Kniga za Tamara/ Tamara's Book" (1991) [p]
Nikolai Haitov (1919): "Divi Razkazi/ Wild Stories" (1967)
Nikolai Haitov (1919): "Lamyata/ The Dragon" (197#) [t]
Bogomil Rainov (1919): "Roads for Nowhere" (1966)
Stefan Dichev (1920): "Za Svobodata/ For Freedom" (1954)
Stefan Dichev (1920): "Podzemiiata na sen Zhan d'Akr/ The Crypt of Saint-Jean-d'Acre" (1988)
Valeri Petrov/ Valeri Mevorah (1920): "Raztvoren Prozorets/ The Wide Open Window" (1998) [p]
Valeri Petrov/ Valeri Mevorah (1920): "Poemi" (1962) [p]
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Do Otre/ To Morning" (1959) [p] +
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Svetat v Sepa/ The World in Hand" (1962) [p]
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Kak/ How" (1974) [p]
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Gong" (1976) [p]
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Zabraneno More/ Forbidden Sea" (1976) [p] +
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Prostranstva/ Spaces" (1980) [p]
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Glas/ Voice" (1985) [p]
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Patuvane kam Sebe si/ Journey Towards Oneself" (1961) +
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Lavina/ Avalanche" (1971)
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Litse/ Face" (1977)
Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Otklonenie/ Deviation" (1973)
Ivailo Petrov (1923): "Predi da se Rodia/ Before I was Born" (1971)
Ivailo Petrov (1923): "Nonkinata Liubov/ Nonka's Love" (1956)
Ivailo Petrov (1923): "Khaika za Vultsi/ Wolf Hunt" (1982)
Radoy Ralin/ Dimitar Stoyanov (1923): "Az Sum Levski/ I Am Levski" (1994)
Georgi Dzhagarov (1925): "Prokurorut/ Public Prosecutor" (1965) [t]
Svoboda Bachvarova (1925): "Liturgia za Ilinden/ Ilinden Mass" (1969)
Gencho Stoev (1925): "Tsenata da Zlatoto/ The Price of Gold" (1965)
Gencho Stoev (1925): "Tsiklopat/ The Cyclops" (1973)
Ivan Davidkov (1926): "Zimnite Sunishta na Luvovete/ The Lions' Hibernation" (1982)
Ivan Davidkov (1926): "Hulmove Pod Vechernitsata/ Hills Beneath the Evening Star" (1966) [p]
Ivan Davidkov (1926): "Ozarenie/ Illumination" (1970) [p]
Liudmila Isaeva (1926): "Chuvstva/ Feelings" (1986) [p]
Liuben Dilov (1927): "Atomniiat Chovek/The Atomic Man" (1958)
Liuben Dilov (1927): "Drumul lui Icar/ The Road of Icarus" (1974)
Usin Kerim (1927): "Pesni ot Katuna/ Poems from a Gypsy Camp" (1955) [p]
Ivan Radoev (1927): "Edin Bial List/ One Blank Sheet" (1975) [p]
Ivan Radoev (1927): "Goliamoto Zavurshtvane/ Great Comeback" (1965) [t]
Ivan Radoev (1927): "Chovekojadkata/ The She-Cannibal" (1979) [t] +
Yordan Radichkov (1929): "Goreshto Pladne/ Torrid Noon" (1966)
Yordan Radichkov (1929): "Khradriatyat Chovek/ A Brave Man" (1967)
Yordan Radichkov (1929): "Baruten Bukvar/ Gunpowder Primer" (1969) +
Yordan Radichkov (1929): "Vsichki i Nikoy/ Everybody and Nobody" (1978)
Yordan Radichkov (1929): "Sumatokha/ Tumult/ Commotion" (1965) [t]
Yordan Radichkov (1929): "Zhelyaznoto Momche/ The Iron Boy" (1968) [t]
Yordan Radichkov (1929): "Yanuari/ January" (1973) [t] +
Georgi Markov (1929): "Muzhe/ The Men" (1962)
Liliana Stefanova (1929): "Parola/ Password" (1973) [p]
Anton Donchev (1930): "Vreme Razdelno/ Time of Violence" (1964)
Dimitur Mantov (1930): "Ludite Glavi/ The Wild Ones" (1972)
Nikolai Hristozov (1931): "Zemia bez Vuzdukh/ The Earth without Air" (1989) [p]
Anastas Stoianov (1931): "Tursete Bulgarskiia Alpinist/ The Search for the Bulgarian Alpinist" (1985) [p]
Nino Nikolov (1933): "Pusteiat Klonite/ The Branches Wither" (1989) [p]
Konstantin Pavlov (1933): "Satiri/ Satires" (1960) [p]
Kolio Sevov (1933): "Industrialen Peyzazh/ Industrial Landscape" (1974)
Vladimir Bashev (1935): "Atelie" (1967 [p]
Damian Damianov (1935): "Predi Vsichko Liubov/ Love Before Everything" (1965) [p]
Liubomir Levchev (1935): "Zaklinaniia/ Incantations" (1981) [p]
Liubomir Levchev (1935): "Matriarhat/ The Matriarch" (1967)
Nikola Kesarovski (1935): "The Fifth Law of Robotics" (1983)
Stefan Tzanev (1936): "Istinskiiat Ivajlo/ The True Ivajlo" (1962) [t]
Stefan Tzanev (1936): "Poslednata Nisht na Sokrat/ Socrates' Last Night" (1986) [t]
Georgi Danailov (1936): "Esenta na edin sledovatel/ The Autumn of an Inquisitor" (1980) [t]
Nikolai Kunchev (1936): "V Bialoto Prostranstvo na Bezkraia/ In the White Expanse of Infinite" (1994) [p]
Nikolai Kunchev (1936): "Pod Shatura na Zhretsa/ Beneath the High Priest's Tent" (1996) [p] +
Nikolai Kunchev (1936): "Galaktizirane na Praznotata/ The Galactizing of Emptiness" (1996) [p]
Binio Ivanov (1939): "Chasut na Uchastta/ The Hour of Fate" (1998) [p]
Dimitur Korudzhiev (1941): "Gradinata s Kosovete/ The Garden of Blackbirds" (1984)
Stanislav Stratiev/ Stanko Miladinov (1941): "Zhivotut makar i Kratuk/ Life Even though it is Short" (1990) [t]
Stanislav Stratiev/ Stanko Miladinov (1941): "Reis/ The Bus" (1982) [t]
Stanislav Stratiev/ Stanko Miladinov (1941): "Rimska Bania/ The Roman Bath" (1974) [t] +
Koril Topalov (1943): "Byagay Obicham te/ Flee I Love You" (1976)
Vania Petkova (1944): "Greshnitsa/ Sinners" (1968) [p]
Tomov Aleksandur (1944): "Koruptsiia/ Corruption" (1991)
Boris Hristov (1945): "Krilete na Vestitelia/ The Wings of the Messenger" (1991) {p]
Boris Hristov (1945): "Dumi & Grafiti/ Words and Graphite" (1991) {p]
Miriana Basheva (1947): "Sto Godini Sueta/ One Hundred Years of Vanity" (1992) [p]
Viktor Paskov (1949): "Balada za George Henih/ A Ballad for Georg Henih" (1987)
Valentina Radinska (1951): "Ne/ No" (1989) [p]
Edvin Sugarev (1953): "Dzhaz/ Jazz" (1998) [p]
Liubomir Nikolov (1954): "Putnik/ Traveler" (1987) [p]
Lyubomir Nikolov" (1954): "The Hundred and First Law of Robotics" (1989)
Ivailo Dichev (1955): "Identifikatsiia/ Identification: (1987)
Ani Ilkov (1957): "Etimologiki/ Etymologies" (1996) [p]
Vladimir Levchev (1957): "Koi Sanuva Moya Zhivot/ Who is Dreaming My Life" (1984) [p]
Georgi Rupchev (1957): "Smiana na Noshtiata Strazha/ Change of the Night Guard" (1987) [p]
Petia Dubarova (1962): "Az i Moreto/ The Sea and I" (1979) [p]
Mirela Ivanova (1962): "Pamet za Podrobnosti/ Memory for Details" (1992) [p]


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