This is a list of women writers who were born in

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 Macedon ...

or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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* Elena Alexieva (born 1975), poet, short story writer, novelist, translator

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Elisaveta Bagriana Elisaveta Bagryana ( bg, Елисавета Багряна) (16 April, 1893 – 23 March, 1991), born Elisaveta Lyubomirova Belcheva ( bg, Елисавета Любомирова Белчева, links=no), was a Bulgarian poet who wrote her fi ...

(1893–1991), early poet, magazine editor, poems translated into English * Miryana Ivanova Basheva (1947–2020), poet *

Tania Boteva-Malo Tania Boteva-Malo ( bg, Таня Ботева-Мало; Sofia, June 10, 1950) is a Bulgarian French language writer who currently lives in Brussels. Born into a Francophone family, she studied French literature at the Sofia University Sofia ...

(born 1950), French-language writer, novelist, living in Brussels * Iana Boukova (born 1968) Bulgarian poet, novelist, playwright and literary translator

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* Svetla Damyanovska, contemporary poet, novelist * Alexenia Dimitrova (born 1960s), investigative journalist *

Blaga Dimitrova Blaga Nikolova Dimitrova ( bg, Блага Димитрова) (2 January 1922 – 2 May 2003) was a Bulgarian poet and the 2nd Vice President of Bulgaria from 1992 until 1993. Life Dimitrova was born in Byala Slatina, Bulgaria. She graduated high ...

(1922–2003), poet, Vice-President of Bulgaria * Kristin Dimitrova (born 1963), widely published poet, short story writer, editor, columnist, translator *

Theodora Dimova Theodora Dimova ( Bulgarian: Теодора Димова) (born 19 September 1960 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian writer and playwright. She graduated in English Language Studies from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and has studie ...

(born 1960), novelist, playwright * Guerguina Dvoretzka (born 1954), poet, novelist, journalist * Emiliya Dvoryanova (born 1958), successful novelist

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* Zdravka Evtimova (born 1959), short story writer, novelist

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* Lyudmila Filipova (born 1977), best selling novelist, journalist

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Dora Gabe Dora Petrova Gabe (16 August 1888 – 16 November 1983) was а Bulgarian Jewish poet. She published poetry for adults and children as well as travel books, short stories and essays. In her later years, she also did extensive work in translation. ...

(1886–1983), poet, magazine editor, columnist, travel writer, children's writer, translator

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* Mirela Ivanova (born 1962), acclaimed poet, essayist, critic, poems translated into English

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* Ekaterina Karabasheva (born 1989), poet, short story writer, works translated into English *

Anna Karima Anna Karima, née ''Todora Velkova'' (1871–1949), was a Bulgarian writer, translator, editor and journalist, suffragist and women's rights activist. She was co-founder of the Bulgarian Women's Union, and served as its chairperson from 1901 to 1 ...

(1871–1949), translator, editor, journalist, women's rights activist *

Kapka Kassabova Kapka Kassabova (born in November 1973, in Bulgarian Капка Касабова) is a poet and writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction. Her mother tongue is Bulgarian, but she writes in English. Life Kapka Kassabova was born and grew up in S ...

(born 1973), poet, essayist, writing in English *

Julia Kristeva Julia Kristeva (; born Yuliya Stoyanova Krasteva, bg, Юлия Стоянова Кръстева; on 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, semiotician, psychoanalyst, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has ...

(born 1941), philosopher, novelist, essayist, critic, feminist, living in France

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* Lora Lazar, pen-name of a Bulgarian crime writer * Ruzha Lazarova (born 1968), novelist, short story writer, writing in Bulgarian and French

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Aksinia Mihaylova Aksinia Mihaylova ( bg, Аксиния Михайлова) (born April 13, 1963) is a Bulgarian translator, editor and poet. Her first name also appears as Askinia. She was born in Rakevo village, northwest Bulgaria and was educated at a Lycée fr ...

(born 1963), widely translated poet, journal editor, translator, writing in Bulgarian and French *

Leda Mileva Leda Mileva (Bulgarian: Леда Милева) (5 February 1920 – 5 February 2013) was a Bulgarian communist, writer, translator and diplomat. She was the daughter of Bulgarian poet Geo Milev Geo Milev (born Georgi Milev Kasabov; , in Radne ...

(1920–2013), prominent poet, children's writer *

Aleksandra Monedzhikova Aleksandra Mihailova Monedzhikova (24 January 1889 – 2 July 1959) (also spelled Monedžikova or Monedjikova) was a Bulgarian geographer, historian, writer and teacher. Biography Aleksandra Monedzhikova (in Bulgarian, Александра М ...

(1889–1959), geographer, author, travel writer

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* Milena Nikolova (born 1984), poet, prose writer

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* Nina Ognianova, investigative journalist since 2007, essayist

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* Milkana Palavurova (born 1974), yoga teacher, writings on yoga *

Maria Popova Maria Popova ( bg, Мария Попова; born 28 July 1984) is a Bulgarian-born, American-based essayist, book author, poet, and writer of literary and arts commentary and cultural criticism that has found wide appeal both for her writing and ...

(born 1984), writes cultural articles on her blog BrainPickings.org, now lives in New York

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* Valentina Dimitrova Radinska (born 1951), poet, editor

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* Julia Spiridonova–Yulka (born 1972), short story writer, novelist, children's writer * Albena Stambolova (born 1957), psychologist, columnist, novelist * Tea Sugareva (born 1989), theatre director, poet

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* Svetla Vassileva (born 1964), non-fiction writer, columnist, blogger

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Yana Yazova Yana Yazova (Bulgarian: Яна Язова) was the pen name of Lyuba Todorova Gancheva (Bulgarian: Люба Тодорова Ганчева) (1912 – August 1974), a Bulgarian intellectual and writer. Her name is also transcribed as Liuba Ga ...

, pen name of Lyuba Todorova Gancheva (1912–1974), poet, historical novelist * Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (1941–2022), journalist, essayist, poet

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