Dimcho Debelyanov
(28.03.1887 – 02.10.1916) 29 August is a true celebration for the Cyrillic Court. A poet whose verses have moved generations of Bulgarians takes his place in the Writers’ Alley. The monument to Dimcho Debelyanov was unveiled in person by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Nikolay Denkov. Together with Kunka Nedelcheva, Director of […]
Teodor Trayanov
(30.1.1882 – 15.1.1945) “Oh, never shall perish the People who can forge for themselves the law of life.” These words from the poem “The Incantation of the Word” express the faith in Bulgaria of one of the country’s poets of international stature – Teodor Trayanov, architect, diplomat, Bulgaria’s first chess champion and the first Chairman […]
Zahari Stoyanov
(1850 – 2.9.1889) “The bitterest truth is more pleasant than the sweetest delusion.” This is how Zahari Stoyanov thought and lived – as a man, revolutionary, writer, journalist and politician constantly seeking the truth. His fate is both a historical and literary example of an individual’s growth through encounters with the great and ordinary people […]
Agop Melkonyan
(10.3.1949 – 24.7.2006) “I’m just an ordinary boy with wings,” says the protagonist of the short story “The Boy with Wings,” which introduces Bulgarian fifth-grade pupils to science fiction. The author of this story – science-fiction writer, translator, publisher, founder of the Department of Armenian Studies at Sofia University and lecturer there, Agop Melkonyan – […]
Alexander Teodorov-Balan
(27. 10.1859 – 12.02.1959) На 1 ноември 2019 г., в Деня на народните будители, Алеята на писателите прие още няколко велики творци. От българските словотворци – академик Александър Теодоров-Балан, и един от създателите на българската фантастика от арменски произход – Агоп Мелконян. On 1 November 2019, the Day of the National Awakeners, the Writers’ Alley […]
St. Cyprian Tsamblak the Wonderworker
(1336 – 29.09.1406) “The righteous live forever, and their reward is with the Lord, and their destiny is with the Most High… And when the righteous man is praised, the people rejoice, for the righteous are worthy of praise.” Thus begins one of the hagiographic works written by St. Cyprian – a Bulgarian, a disciple […]
St. Euthymius of Tarnovo
(ок. 1325-32 – ок. 1403) “Let our praises fall silent, for God Himself praises him, saying: ‘The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.’” With these words Gregory Tsamblak concludes his eulogy of St. Euthymius, expressing in the clearest and most concise way the Bulgarian Patriarch’s devotion to his people and his faith. […]
Petya Dubarova
(25.4.1962 – 4.12.1979) “Sometimes I am kind and white. // How rarely it happens that I am white!…” admits a girl who would remain forever 17 in her poem “Kindness.” Petya Dubarova has been described as “the greatest poetic talent of contemporary Bulgarian literature.” With more than 200 poems, impressions, short stories and translations written […]
Lyuben Dilov
(22.12.1927 – 10.6.2008) “Freedom cannot be defended by running away,” says the novella “The Pedagogical Machine” (1971) by Lyuben Dilov, widely regarded as the father of Bulgarian science fiction. He is the author of more than 40 novels, novellas and collections of short stories, translated into over 30 languages, including Japanese and Chinese, with a […]
Yordan Radichkov
(24.10.1929 – 21.1.2004) On 26 March 2019, the Writers’ Alley was enriched with monuments to three of the most remarkable representatives of contemporary Bulgarian literature – Yordan Radichkov, Lyuben Dilov Sr., and Petya Dubarova. The monument to Radichkov was created by his friend Prof. Emil Popov, who attended the ceremony together with the writer’s son […]