Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (Bulgarian: Екатерина Петрова Йосифова; 4 June 1941 – 13 August 2022)[1][2] was a Bulgarian educator, journalist and poet.[3]
Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova | |
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 Yosifova receives the Ivan Nikolov award in 2010 | |
| Native name | Екатерина Петрова Йосифова |
| Born | 4 June 1941 Kyustendil, Kingdom of Bulgaria |
| Died | 13 August 2022 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | University of Sofia |
| Genres | Poetry, journalism |
Life
editYosifova was born in Kyustendil and studied Russian language at the University of Sofia. Yosifova was employed as a high school teacher in Kyustendil and then later as a newspaper editor.
She published Kuso putuvane ('Brief Journey') in 1969 and Noshtem ide vyatur ('The Wind Comes at Night') in 1972. Yosifova became editor-in-chief for Struma, a literary magazine.
Awards
editYosifova received the Ivan Nikolov Award.[1]
Works
edit- 1969 – Kuso patuvane ('Short Travel')
- 1972 – Noshtem ide vyatar (The Wind Comes at Night')
- 1978 – Posveshtenie ('Dedication')
- 1983 – Kushta v poleto ('House in the Field')
- 1987 – Imena ('Names')
- 1993 – Podozrenia ('Suspicions')
- 1994 – Nenuzhno povedenie ('Useless Conduct')
- 1998 – Malko stihotvorenia ('Few Poems')
- 2001 – Nishto novo (100 stihotvorenia) ('Nothing New: 100 Poems')
- 2004 – Nagore nadolu ('Up and Down')
- 2006 – Ratse ('Hands')
- 2010 – Tazi zmiya ('This Snake')
- 2014 – Tunka knizhka ('Slim Booklet')
Works translated to English
editHer work, translated into English, has appeared in the anthologies:
- Windows on the Black Sea (1992)
- Clay and Star (1992)
- The Manyvoiced Wave: Contemporary Women Poets of Bulgaria, Translators Tsvetelina Ganeva; Richard Scorza, Samkaleen Prakashan, 1999, ISBN 9788170831532
- An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (1994)[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Meet a Bulgarian Poet: Ekaterina Yosifova". Accents Publishing.
- ^ Отиде си поетесата Екатерина Йосифова (in Bulgarian)
- ^ a b c Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 354–55. ISBN 0415159806.
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