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Nikolay Boykov
Nikolay Boykov ( bg, Николай Бойков) is a Contemporary Bulgarian Writers, contemporary Bulgarian writer and literary translator from Hungary. He was born on 26 January 1968 in Vidin, Bulgaria. In 1985, he graduated the Mathematical High School in Vidin and was accepted to study computer science in Sofia University. Later, after studying polytechnics for two semesters in Hungary, he moved to study Hungarian language, Hungarian philology in the University of Debrecen, which he graduated in 1994. From 1998 to 2005 he taught Hungarian language and Hungarian literature, literature 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, "The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn" (''Hahn-Hahn grófnő pillantása'') (publ ... [...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] |
