Balgarianovinite.com An event called, Evenings of Balkan Poetry: Western Balkans, was held at the Delta Blues Bar in Sofia on Wednesday evening, presenting five translators of poetry and prose from Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian and Albanian to Bulgarian.
The featured translators were Levena Filcheva and Lyudmila Mindova, as well as three journalists from the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA): Magdalena Dimitrova, Simona-Alex Mihaleva and Tsvetozar Tsakov.
The organizers of the event, poets Hristo Mukhtanov and Ana Tsankova, told BTA that they have been organizing literary events at the Delta Blues Bar since the autumn of 2019. They said that in recent years their focus has been on themed evenings dedicated to writers and poets who are no longer with us. “We believe they should not be forgotten,” Tsankova stressed.
“Now, for the first time, we decided to hold a Balkan evening with translators. Until now, we had only done one evening of translated poetry – with works by Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath,” Mukhtanov said. According to him, there are many formats in Sofia for contemporary authors, but these events are different because they focus on poets from the past and on translators “who are often neglected.”
Among the evenings already held are those dedicated to Viktor Paskov, Geo Milev, Ivan Metodiev and Kalina Kovacheva.
“When we held an evening for Maria Virkhov, a few months later one of her books, which had not been reissued for years, was republished. The same happened with the poetess Danila Stoyanova – after our event, her only book was reissued 15 years after its first edition,” Tsankova said.
The two organizers see these evenings not just as cultural events but as a cause. “Yes, it may sound idealistic, but we do it because we love literature and believe that it has meaning,” Tsankova said. “We do not receive anything material from this. We simply believe that these poets should not sink into oblivion. People must read and preserve their history and their people,” she added.
Mukhtanov summed up: “We think that there is a very subtle connection between Bulgarian and Balkan poetry, a shared mentality and traditions. This is exactly what we want to show in our new evenings.”
The event featured translations of works by Bosnian authors Gojko Djogo, Marko Tomas and Drasko Sikimic; Slovenian authors Ales Debeljak and Ivan Cankar; Albanian author Ismail Kadare; Kosovar authors Besnik Tsamai, Ndricim Ademaj and Rexhep Hoti; and Serbian author Branko Ristic. Bulgarian Translators of Western Balkan Literature Presented in Sofia 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-13 12:32:08 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
