Nikolay Boykov ( bg, Николай Бойков) is a contemporary Bulgarian writer and literary translator from Hungary.
He was born on 26 January 1968 in
Vidin
Vidin ( bg, Видин, ; Old Romanian: Diiu) is a port city on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as ...
, Bulgaria. In 1985, he graduated the Mathematical High School in Vidin and was accepted to study computer science in
Sofia University
Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...
. Later, after studying polytechnics for two semesters in Hungary, he moved to study Hungarian philology in the
University of Debrecen
ThUniversity of Debrecen( hu, Debreceni Egyetem) is a university located in Debrecen, Hungary. It is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher education in Hungary ever since its establishment in 1538 by Suleiman the Magnificent fo ...
, which he graduated in 1994.
From 1998 to 2005 he taught Hungarian language and
literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to inclu ...
in Sofia University.
Books
* ''Metaphysics'' (Free Poetic Society, Sofia, 2000)
* ''Poems With Biography'' (Janet 45, Plovdiv, 2003)
* ''Declared in Love'' (handmade, Sofia, 2005)
* ''Letters To Petar'' (Janet 45, Plovdiv, 2006)
* ''The Book of Life'' (Ciela, Sofia, 2010)
Selected translations
*
Péter Esterházy
Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He has been called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", his books being ...
, "The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn" (''Hahn-Hahn grófnő pillantása'') (published in Bulgarian by "SONM" in 2000)
* Ferenc Szijj, ''Kéregtorony'' (published in Bulgarian by "SONM" in 2002)
*
Szilárd Borbély
Szilárd József Borbély (); 1 November 1963 – 19 February 2014) was a Hungarian academic, writer and poet. The Poetry Foundation identifies him as "one of the most important poets to emerge in post-1989 Hungary", who utilised several writing ...
, ''Ami helyet'' (published in Bulgarian by "SONM" in 2002)
*
Péter Nádas
Péter Nádas (born 14 October 1942) is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.
Biography
He was born in Budapest into a Jewish family, the son of László Nádas (originally Nussbaum) and Klára Tauber. After the takeover of the Hunga ...
, "Own Death" (published in Bulgarian by "Altera" in 2011) *
Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész (; 9 November 192931 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was ...
, "The Union Jack" (''Az angol lobogó'') (published in Bulgarian by "Altera" in 2011)
*
István Örkény
István György Örkény (5 April 1912, Budapest – 24 June 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer whose plays and novels often featured grotesque situations. He was a recipient of the Kossuth Prize in 1973.
Biography
He was born to a wealt ...
, "One Minute Stories" (''Válogatott egyperces novellák'') (published in Bulgarian by "Janet 45" in 2012)
Boykov was editor and translator of the selection "Proses" by
Miklós Mészöly Miklós () is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to:
In Hungarian politics
* Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist
* Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of Hun ...
(published in Bulgarian by "SONM" in 2003).
He has also translated works by
András Gerevich
András Gerevich is a Hungarian poet, screenwriter, literary translator and Professor of Screenwriting at Budapest Metropolitan University.
Life and career
Andras Gerevich was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1976. He grew up in Budapest, Dublin and V ...
,
Nándor Gion Nándor is a Hungarian form of given name Ferdinand. In Old Hungarian, the word signified "Bulgar", but it fell into disuse, probably soon after 1000 AD.Gábor Németh,
László Garaczi
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Attila Bartis
Attila Bartis (born 1968) is a Romanian-born Hungarian writer, photographer, dramatist and journalist. He received the Attila József Prize in 2005. His books have been translated into over 20 different languages. In 2001, he published his secon ...
,
Pál Békés
Pál is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian version of Paul. It may refer to:
* Pál Almásy (1818-1882), Hungarian lawyer and politician
* Pál Bedák (born 1985), Hungarian boxer
* Pál Benkő (1928–2019), Hungarian-American chess ...
János Pilinszky
János Pilinszky (27 November 1921 in Budapest – 27 May 1981 in Budapest) was one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century.
Well known within the Hungarian borders for his vast influence on postwar Hungarian poetry, Pilins ...
György Petri
György Petri (22 December 1943 – 16 July 2000) was a Hungarian poet.
Childhood and youth
He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts. According to his ...
,
Lőrinc Szabó
Lőrinc Szabó de Gáborján ( hu, gáborjáni Szabó Lőrinc ; Miskolc, 31 March 1900 – Budapest, 3 October 1957) was a Hungarian poet and literary translator.
Biography
He was born in Miskolc as the son of an engine driver, Lőrinc Sza ...