Literature

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• Books
• History

Cem, the pre-romantic underdog

Smaranda Șchiopu 19 May, 2024 0 3478

Stuck between Ottoman fury and Western greed, the allegedly favourite son of the sultan Mehmed the Conqueror...

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Paula Erizanu: I want to tell the story of the Republic of Moldova

18 minutes read

• Books
• Bucharest

Paula Erizanu: I want to tell the story of the Republic of Moldova

Vladimir Mitev 30 March, 2024 0 4413

Adela Greceanu from Radio Romania Cultural interviews the Moldovan intellectual about her professional and creative life, how...

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Topos of the homeland in the autobiographies of Elias Canetti

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• Austrian library (Rousse)
• Books

Topos of the homeland in the autobiographies of Elias Canetti

Prof. Penka Angelova 18 April, 2023 0 3068

Education is homeland

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Three new books in translation by Ognian Stamboliev

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• Books
• Bulgarian-Romanian cultural relations

Three new books in translation by Ognian Stamboliev

Vladimir Mitev 4 January, 2023 0 2526

Short review

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The making of a Romanian writer under Communism, or about Stefan Agopian’s memoirs

13 minutes read

• Books
• Essays

The making of a Romanian writer under Communism, or about Stefan Agopian’s memoirs

Vladimir Mitev 24 December, 2022 0 3883

Review of the book Writer under Communism (a few memories) by Ștefan Agopian, Iași: Polirom, 2013

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Kapka Kassabova: My mission as a writer is healing 

19 minutes read

• Books
• Bulgarian-Romanian relations

Kapka Kassabova: My mission as a writer is healing 

Vladimir Mitev ,Smaranda Șchiopu 8 April, 2022 1 4426

About borders and bridges in Southeast Europe, about the natural and human treasures waiting to be discovered:...

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Words can dance

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• Books
• Essays

Words can dance

Vladimir Mitev 22 February, 2022 0 3323

A story by Desislava Kamenova about her Vlach-speaking great-grandmother Lucana

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Gospodinov or the Art of Balkan Melancholy

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• Books
• Bulgarian-Romanian cultural relations

Gospodinov or the Art of Balkan Melancholy

Vladimir Mitev 22 January, 2022 0 3485

A review of the novel The Physics of Sadness, published in 2021 in Romanian in translation by...

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Romanians know how to look at their reality with curiosity

24 minutes read

• Books
• Bucharest

Romanians know how to look at their reality with curiosity

Vladimir Mitev 9 October, 2021 0 3364

The literary couple Hristo and Diana Boeva presented in Ruse three new Romanian novels, which are a...

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How is Romanian literature received in Southern Dobruja?

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• Balchik
• Books

How is Romanian literature received in Southern Dobruja?

Vladimir Mitev 31 August, 2021 0 3434

Bulgarian translator Hristo Boev's presentation in Craiova discusses a variety of his translated titles and their promotional...

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