The list of Bulgarian language poets includes those literary figures who are notable for their

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Elisaveta Bagryana 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) *

Hristo Botev Hristo Botev ( bg, Христо Ботев, ), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (Христо Ботьов Петков; – ), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. Botev is considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and nationa ...

(1848–1876) * Iana Boukova (1968–present) *

Atanas Dalchev Atanas Hristov Dalchev (also written ''Dalčev''; bg, Атанас Далчев) (June 12, 1904 - January 17, 1978) was a Bulgarian poet, critic and translator. He was among the leading Bulgarian poets of the 1920s and 1930s. Dalchev was also a ...

(1904–1978) * Dimcho Debelyanov (1887–1916) *

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) * Yordan Eftimov (1971–present) *

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) *

Georgi Gospodinov Georgi Gospodinov ( bg, Георги Господинов; born January 7, 1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright. One of the most translated Bulgarian authors after 1989, he has four poetry books awarded with national literary prizes. ...

(1968–present) *

Pavel Matev Pavel Hristov Matev ( bg, Павел Христов Матев; December 6, 1924 – February 4, 2006) was a Bulgarian poet. Matev was born in the village of Orisovo, in the Stara Zagora province, (southern Bulgaria), and completed his gymnasi ...

(1924–2006) *

Geo Milev Geo Milev (born Georgi Milev Kasabov; , in Radne mahle – 15 May 1925, in Sofia) was a Bulgarian communist poet, translator and journalist. Geo Milev is perhaps best known for his epic communist poem ''Septemvri'', written during the Bulgar ...

(1895–1925) *

Vanya Petkova Vanya Petkova ( bg, Ваня Петкова; 1944 – April 2009) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist, short story writer, and translator of Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Greek descent. Petkova is widely regarded as one of the most consequential East ...

(1944–2009) * Stanka Pencheva (1929–2014) *

Radoy Ralin Radoy Ralin ( bg, Радой Ралин) (April 23, 1922 – July 22, 2004), born Dimitar Stoyanov ( bg, Димитър Стоянов), was a Bulgarian dissident, poet, and satirist. After the downfall of the communist regime, he was urged to r ...

(1923–2004) *

Pencho Slaveykov Pencho Petkov Slaveykov ( bg, Пенчо Петков Славейков) (27 April 1866 O.S. – 10 June 1912 ( O.S. 28 May 1912)) was a noted Bulgarian poet and one of the participants in the Misal ("Thought") circle. He was the youngest son o ...

(1866–1912) * Petko Rachov Slaveykov (1827–1895) *

Hristo Smirnenski Hristo Dimitrov Izmirliev ( bg, Христо Димитров Измирлиев), known as Hristo Smirnenski, (September 17, 1898, OS – June 18, 1923) was a Bulgarian poet and prose writer who joined the Bulgarian Communist Party and whose w ...

(1898–1923) *

Nikola Vaptsarov Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov ( bg, Никола Йонков Вапцаров; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the ...

(1909–1942) *

Ivan Vazov Ivan Minchov Vazov ( bg, Иван Минчов Вазов; – 22 September 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of ...

(1850–1921) *

Peyo Yavorov Peyo Yavorov ( bg, Пейо (Кр.) Яворов; born Peyo Totev Kracholov, Пейо Тотев Крачолов; 13 January 1878 – 29 October 1914) was a Bulgarian Symbolist poet. He was considered to be one of the finest poetic talents in th ...

(1878–1914) *

Nedyalko Yordanov Nedyalko Yordanov ( bg, Недялко Йорданов, born 18 January 1940) is a Bulgarian poet, playwright, and publicist A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a company, a brand, or public figure ...

(1940–present)

References

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