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Angela Litschev
Angela Litschev (also known as Angela Litschewa, Bulgarian Ангела Личева; born 17 July 1978) is a Bulgarian-born German writer and poet. Life and career Angela Litschev was born 1978 in Sofia as the only daughter of Alexander Litschev, a historian and philosophy lecturer and his wife Anna, a sociologist. The family emigrated to Germany in 1990, after her father had received a teaching position at the University of Düsseldorf. She attended Annette von Droste-Hülshoff-High School in Düsseldorf and then studied at St. Ursula's College of Social Work. Litschev started her career by publishing her poems in poetry magazines and anthologies, including two volumes of the Young Poetry Series ''Junge Lyrik'' in the Martin Werhand Verlag in the years 2000 and 2003. The published poems were recited as part of a reading series by various authors in various German cities like Bonn, Cologne or Essen, among others in 2000 with a reading at the University of Cologne. Other poems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
