Albena Dimitrova
Albena Dimitrova (born 1969 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian author who lives in France and writes in French.
Life
Albena Dimitrova emigrated to France shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 without knowing a word of French. She studied economics and worked on privatization in the former Eastern Bloc countries and the corruption that went with it.
She has been working as a dramaturge and writer since 2006. From 2007 to 2012 she was director of the “Festival of Contemporary Dance Sofia” (SDW).
- I write stories in French that I experienced in Bulgarian. I kept my accent.
Works (selection)
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Nous dînerons en français: roman . Paris: Galaade éditions, 2015.
- Reunion in Paris: novel . From the French by Nicola Denis. Berlin: Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8031-3277-2 .
- Livingdance, Yang Wang . Photo tape. Biarritz: Séguier, 2010.
- Méditance: poésie . Biarritz: Atlantica, 2009.
- Goût bulgare: portraits de femmes en Bulgarie: récit . Monaco: Ed. du Rocher, 2008.
- Translation work for the European Court of Justice, 2006.
literature
- Marko Martin : Zhivkov is no longer coming . Review, in: Literarisches Welt , February 6, 2016, p. 2
Web links
- Literature by and about Albena Dimitrova in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Albena Dimitrova in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Short biography and reviews of works by Albena Dimitrova at perlentaucher.de
- Albena Dimitrova , at Galaade (fr)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quotation from Semaine de la francophonie: Nous dînerons en français ( Memento from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dimitrova, Albena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian author living in France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia |