Zdravka Evtimova (
Bulgarian
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: Здравка Евтимова) (born 24 July 1959 in Pernik, Bulgaria) is a
contemporary Bulgarian writer. She has four
short story
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collections and four
novel
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s published in Bulgarian. Her short stories have appeared in many international
literary journals
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. Some of her short story collections were translated into other languages. As well as being an author, Zdravka works as a literary
translator
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from English, French and German.
Zdravka Evtimova has translated more than 25 novels by English, American and Canadian authors into Bulgarian language. She translates the work of Bulgarian writers into English and is a member of the Bulgarian Writers' Union and the Writers' League in UK, Yorkshire-Humberside region. She is a member of the Bulgarian PEN-Club.
Books
Short Story Collections and novels by Zdravka Evtimova published outside Bulgaria (published abroad)
:
* ''Blood'', 2003
* ''Bitter Sky'', Skrev Press, UK, 2003;
* ''Somebody Else'', MAG Press, USA, 2004;
* ''God of Traitors'', Books for a Buck Press, USA, 2006;
* '' Miss Daniella'',Skrev Press, UK, 2007;
* ''Good Figure, Beautiful Voice'', Astemari Publishers, USA, 2008;
* ''Pale and Other Bulgarian Stories'', Vox Humana Publishes, Israel/Canada, 2010.
* Carts and Other Stories, Fomite Publishing, USA, 2012
* Time to Mow and Other Stories, All Things That matter Press, USA, 2012
* Impossibly Blue, Skrev Press, UK, 2013
* Endless July, paraxenes meres, Greece, 2013
* Wrong and Other stories, short story collection, TIKTAKTI Press, 2014, Israel.
* SINFONIA BULGARICA novel, (the Bulgarian title of the novel is Thursday), Fomite Books, USA,2014.
* Sinfonia, novel,(the Bulgarian title of the novel is Thursday), Besa Editrice, Italy. 2015
* Thursday, novel, Arts and Literature publishing, China, 2016
* Thursday, novel ( the title in Macedonia is "ЧЕТВРТОК"), Antolog Publishing,. Macedonia, 2016
* Thursday, novel, Vaslaar Books, 2016, Serbia
* In the Town of Joy and Peace, novel, Fomite Books, 2017 The Bulgarian title of the book is THE ARCH)"
* Parable of Stones and Other Stories, short story collection, All Things That matter Press, USA, 2017
* Lo Stesso Fiume , novel (The English title is THE SAME RIVER) Besa Editrice, Italy 2017
References
External links
Zdravka Evtimova's Profileon th
Contemporary Bulgarian WritersWebsite
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Living people
1959 births
Bulgarian writers
People from Pernik
Bulgarian women writers