Sevda Sevan ( hy, Սևդա Սևան; November 6, 1945 – May 16, 2009) was a prominent Armenian-Bulgarian writer, the Ambassador of

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

from 1994 to 2005. Sevda Sevan was the third wife of Bulgarian writer and editor Varban Stamatov Journal “Novinar”, 17.04.2008, Sofia, Interview with author Sevda Sevan, “I am ashamed that our Parliament doesn’t recognize the Armenian genocide” When asked by Aglika Georgieva, who was her teacher in the art of writing, Sevda replied: “I had the best teacher – my husband, the writer and great editor Varban Stamatov. Up to the first 30 pages he guided me gently but firmly – not scribbling all over my manuscript, but suggesting to me – that “prose has to be muscular, it has to be alive, thriving, to be aromatic. Strain yourself, try to remember the smells” (of early childhood), he used to say to me. So probably those aromas had been just there in my subconscious, because effortlessly, they started arriving."Скончалась известная армянская писательница Севда Севан
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Books

*Rodosto, Rodosto

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sevan, Sevda Ambassadors of Armenia to Bulgaria 20th-century Armenian writers 2009 deaths 1945 births Bulgarian people of Armenian descent People from Nova Zagora