List of Bulgarian women writers: Difference between revisions

This is a list of women writers who were born in Bulgaria or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Elena Alexieva (born 1975), poet, short story writer, novelist, translator

B

• Elisaveta Bagriana (1893–1991), early poet, magazine editor, poems translated into English
• Miryana Ivanova Basheva (born 1947), poet
• Tania Boteva-Malo (born 1950), French-language writer, novelist, living in Brussels

D

• Svetla Damyanovska, contemporary poet, novelist
• Alexenia Dimitrova (born 1960s), investigative journalist
• Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003), poet, Vice-President of Bulgaria
• Kristin Dimitrova (born 1963), widely published poet, short story writer, editor, columnist, translator
• Theodora Dimova (born 1960), novelist, playwright
• Guerguina Dvoretzka (born 1954), poet, novelist, journalist
• Emiliya Dvoryanova (born 1958), successful novelist

E

• Zdravka Evtimova (born 1959), short story writer, novelist

F

• Lyudmila Filipova (born 1977), best selling novelist, journalist

G

• Dora Gabe (1886–1983), poet, magazine editor, columnist, travel writer, children's writer, translator

I

• Mirela Ivanova (born 1962), acclaimed poet, essayist, critic, poems translated into English

K

• Ekaterina Karabasheva (born 1989), poet, short story writer, works translated into English
• Anna Karima (1871–1949), translator, editor, journalist, women's rights activist
• Kapka Kassabova (born 1973), poet, essayist, writing in English
• Julia Kristeva (born 1941), philosopher, novelist, essayist, critic, feminist, living in France

L

• Ruzha Lazarova (born 1968), novelist, short story writer, writing in Bulgarian and French

M

• Aksinia Mihaylova (born 1963), widely translated poet, journal editor, translator, writing in Bulgarian and French
• Leda Mileva (1920–2013), prominent poet, children's writer

N

• Milena Nikolova (born 1984), poet, prose writer

O

• Nina Ognianova, investigative journalist since 2007, essayist

P

• Milkana Palavurova (born 1974), yoga teacher, writings on yoga
• Maria Popova (born 1984), writes cultural articles on her blog BrainPickings.org, now lives in New York

R

• Valentina Dimitrova Radinska (born 1951), poet, editor

S

• Julia Spiridonova–Yulka (born 1972), short story writer, novelist, children's writer
• Albena Stambolova (born 1957), psychologist, columnist, novelist
• Tea Sugareva (born 1989), theatre director, poet

V

• Svetla Vassileva (born 1964), non-fiction writer, columnist, blogger

Y

• Yana Yazova, pen name of Lyuba Todorova Gancheva (1912–1974), poet, historical novelist
• Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (born 1941), journalist, essayist, poet

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Bulgarian writers