Mirela Ivanova () (born 11 May 1962 in

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) is one of the most famous modern

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n poets. Her poems have been translated into many different languages, including German and English.

Life

She studied at a

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school in Sofia and graduated in Bulgarian and Russian Philology at the

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. Mirela Ivanova writes

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s on fiction and theatre performances, deals with literature history, and translates from the German language. She is an author of scenarios for documentary films. In 1994 she translated and published an anthology of modern German poetry, titled ''The Wandering of Stones''. She has also translated German works of

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, Gregor Laschen, Ernest Wicher,

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, as well as

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's popular work ''History of Mankind for Young Readers''. Ivanova's poems have been translated into various languages.Events.bg

Bibliography

*''Stone Wings'' *''Whispers'' *''Lonely Game'' *''Memory for Details'' *''Dismantle Toys'' *''Eclecticism''

References

Living people 20th-century Bulgarian poets 1962 births Translators from German Translators to Bulgarian Bulgarian women poets 21st-century Bulgarian poets 20th-century Bulgarian women writers 21st-century Bulgarian women writers {{Bulgaria-writer-stub