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Iana Boukova

April 15, 2024

Iana Boukova (Bulgarian: Яна Букова; born 18 July 1968) is a Bulgarian poet, novelist and essayist. Considered one of the most significant Bulgarian authors of the 21st century.

Iana Boukova
Boukova at Apollonia Festival in 2014
Born (1968-07-18) July 18, 1968 (age 55)
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian
Alma materSofia University
Occupation(s)Poet, novelist, essayist, translator

Life edit

Born in Sofia in 1968, Boukova has a degree in Classics from Sofia University. She is the author of three books of poetry, including Diocletian’s Palaces (1995), Boat in the Eye (2000), and Notes of the Phantom Woman (2018); two collections of short stories, including A as in Аnything (2006) and Tales With No Return (2016); and the novel Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow (first published in 2009, followed by a revised edition in 2014). Her poems and short stories have been translated into numerous languages, including Greek, Spanish, French, German, and Arabic. English translations of her poetry and prose have been published in various anthologies and journals in the US and the UK, including Best European Fiction 2017, Words Without Borders, Two Lines, Absinthe, Drunken Boat, Ariel Art, European Literature Network, Zoland Poetry, Take Five, At the End of the World – Contemporary Poetry from Bulgaria.

Boukova is a member of the platform Greek Poetry Now and of the editorial board of FRMK, a biannual journal on poetry, poetics, and visual arts. Poems originally written by her in Greek were included in Austerity Measures: The New Greek Poetry (Penguin Books, 2016, New York Review of Books, 2017). Books in Greek: The minimal garden, Ikaros 2006 (translated by Dimitris Allos), Drapetomania, Mikri Arktos 2018. Boukova is also the editor and translator into Bulgarian of more than ten collections and anthologies of modern and ancient Greek poetry, including Sappho’s Fragments (The Union of Bulgarian Translators’ Prize in 2010), the collected poetry of Catullus, and the Pythian Odes by Pindar (The National Prize for Translation in 2011).

According to the Bulgarian poet and writer Silvia Choleva "Boukova is a Borgesian type of author. She favors play, references, riddles unexpected twists, ironies, and the dramaturgy of verse. She possesses deep knowledge not just in the sphere of the humanities, in which she specialized, but she is also enticed by science, she knows a lot, and all of this is reflected in Notes of the Phantom Woman"[1]

Fiction edit

Iana Boukova is the author of the short story collections A as in Аnything (2006) and Tales With No Return (2016), and the novel Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow. Her novel was originally published in Bulgarian in 2009 (followed by a revised edition in 2014). Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow has been praised as one of the most innovative, compelling, erudite, idiosyncratic, and ambitious books to emerge out of the contemporary Bulgarian literary scene for decades past. This very Borgesian novel is a story about storytelling—about stories’ power to mutually attract, to find their path towards each other, and to complete one another. The main characters, whose names serve as titles of the novel’s eight chapters, all have their own complete, cradle-to-grave “biography,” their own hidden, often torturous talent; they have all been marked by fate in their own way. Intellectually, stylistically, and conceptually, Boukova is in conversation with a global community of authors, brought together by translation and including, in particular, Jorge Luis Borges as well as Marguerite Yourcenar, Milorad Pavić, Gabriel García Márquez, Italo Calvino, or Georges Perec, among others.

According to the PEN America Pen/Heim Translation fund grants Jury Iana Boukova’s novel Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow is one of the most original and compelling books to emerge out of Bulgaria’s contemporary literary scene: the plot, unfolding during the 19th century in and around the Balkans, offers complex insights and historical perspectives on cultures that are little known beyond their borders, and the main characters, whose names serve as titles of the novel’s eight chapters, each have their own intriguing cradle-to-grave biographies. In her masterful translation, Ekaterina Petrova has captured the many nuances, registers, and literary devices of Iana Boukova’s prose."[2]

Poetry edit

Her poetry collection Notes of the Phantom Woman received the Ivan Nikolov National Award for the most outstanding book of poetry in 2019. A Greek-language version of it was also published in 2018 in Athens under the title Drapetomania.

The Greek poet, artist, and translator Katerina Iliopoulou defines that: The Phantom-woman orchestrating the book is the invisibly present witness-poet, the one who has been turned into a ghost across the entire spectrum of the totalitarianism of merchandise, disguised as a cartoon-like superhero, showcasing the incredible transforming powers of poetry. Because the poetry at hand is not one of defeat but, rather, battle-ready poetry, the poetry of the present coming-to-be, which declares: we' re perfectly able to use your own weapons!.[3] The Athens daily morning newspaper Kathimerini underlines the significance of Iana Boukova's poetry: A pointed intellect is in charge: a restless, ironic intelligence is given utterance in a style that’s meant to smart, to cause abrasions, unburdened by the delusion of prophetic speech and the concomitant assurance of high discourse.[4] The Greek poet, and critic Orfeas Apergis emphasizes in the newspaper Ta Nea that: This book brings in contact the essay form (the philosophic, metaphysical “tendency”) and poetry (poetic excess), like two ever-moving, rotating grindstones that hone one another. Boukova formulates conclusions that appear scientific yet bear a poetic charge, one usually expressed in terms of terror at the metaphysical void. The book’s second central section is titled “Tractatus”. It is a treatise on the revulsion an observer feels towards city pigeons. Like Wittgenstein meeting Kafka, you might say. This Tractatus could well be taught at schools as an example of the difference between poetry and “poeticality”.[5]"

Works edit

Books edit

  • Notes of the Phantom Woman: Poetry. Plovdiv: Janet 45, 2018, 67 p. ISBN 978-619-186-460-7
  • К като всичко: Stories. Plovdiv: Janet 45, 2018, 2. еа., 120 p. ISBN 978-619-186-429-4
  • Drapetomania: Poetry. Athens: Mikri Arktos, 2018, 64 p. ISBN 978-960-8104-98-3
  • A as in anything: Stories. Sofia: Prozoretz, 2016, 64 p. ISBN 978-954-733-879-1
  • 4 Tales With no Return: Разкази. Plovdiv: Janet 45, 2011, 44 p. ISBN 978-619-186-291-7
  • Traveling in the Direction of Shadow. Novel. Second revised edition Plovdiv: Janet 45, 2014, 2. ed., 311 p. ISBN 978-619-186-052-4
  • Traveling in the Direction of Shadow. Novel. First edition. Sofia: Stigmata, 2009, 312 p. ISBN 978-954-336-066-6
  • К като всичко: Stories. Sofia: Stigmata, 2006, 103 p. ISBN 978-954-336-016-1
  • The Minimal Garden: Poetry. Athens: Ikaros Books, 2006, 56 p. ISBN 978-960-8399-26-6
  • Boat in the Eye: Poetry. Sofia: Heron Press, 2000, 45 p. ISBN 978-954-336-016-1
  • Diocletian Palaces: Poetry. Sofia: Svobodno poet. obshtestvo, 1995, 39 p. ISBN 954-8642-16-6

Works in anthologies and literary collections edit

  • Boukova, Iana. (2018). The Stone Quarter [Fiction]. In: Absinthe. World Literature in Translation: Hellenisms. Michigan: Michigan Publishing Services 2018, pp. 65–78. ISBN 978-1607855095
  • Boukova, Iana. (2017). The Teacher Came Back Drunk [Fiction]. In: Best European Fiction 2017, by Nathaniel Davis (Editor), Eileen Battersby (Preface), Champaign, Illinois. ISBN 978-1628971439
  • Boukova, Iana. (2017). Ausgewaehlte Gedichte [Poetry]. In: Kleine Tiere zum Schlachten: Neue Gedichte aus Griechenland, von Adrian Kasnitz (Herausgeber, Uebersetzer), Köln. ISBN 978-3947676019
  • Boukova, Iana. (2016). A as in Anything [Fiction]. In: Two Lines 25, Fall 2016. San Francisco, California in 2016. ISBN 978-1931883542
  • Boukova, Iana. (2016). - The Minimal Garden, - Black Haiku, - For Miltos Sachtouris, - Fractal [Poetry]. In: Austerity Measures: The New Greek Poetry, by Van Dyck, Karen (Editor), New York: Penguin UK; Bilingual edition. ISBN 978-0241250624
  • Boukova, Iana. (2013). Poems [Poetry]. In: Voix de la Mediterranee: Anthologie poetique 2013. Venissieux, Lyon, 2013, 123 p., ISBN 978-2845622319
  • Boukova, Iana. (2012). - The Poet, All in White, - The Dusseldorf Match Plantations, - Apology on Monday Lunchtime [Poetry]. In: At the End of the World. Contemporary Poetry from Bulgaria. Bristol: Shearsman Books 2013, pp. 82–89. ISBN 978-1-84861-261-7
  • Boukova, Iana. (2008). Les Pommes [Fiction]. In: Concertos pour phrase: 17 nouvelles contemporaines de Bulgarie. Paris: HB Editions, 2008, 210 p.. ISBN 978-2914581868
  • Boukova, Iana. (2007). Thirteen poems [Poetry]. In: Take Five 07, Shoestring Press, Nottingham 2007, Iana Boukova p.p. 29-41. Translated by Jonathan Dunne ISBN 978-1-904885-66-5
  • Boukova, Iana. (2007). - A Short Poem about the Evening and Music, - Self-Portrait on a Background of Begonias, - Balkan Naive Painters [Poetry]. In: Karaoke poetry bar, Futura, Athens 2007, pp. 58–62. ISBN 978-969-6654-64-0

Selected literary translations edit

  • Sappho. (2019). 100+1 Fragments preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova. Sofia : Poetry publishing house DA, 2019, 159 p. ISBN 978-619-7082-51-7
  • Pindar. (2011). Pythian Odes preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova. Sofia : Stigmata, 2011, 176 p. ISBN 978-954-336-131-1
  • Sappho. (2010). 100+1 Fragments preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova. Sofia : Stigmata, 2010, 159 p. ISBN 978-954-336-091-8
  • Gaius Valerius Catullus. (2009). Poetry preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova. Sofia : Stigmata, 2009, 176 p. ISBN 978-954-336-089-5

References edit

  1. ^ "Silvia Choleva, poet and writer: A ruthless game". Sofia, Iss. 8: К – The journal of criticism, debate and cultural pleasures. 23 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ "Announcing the 2021 Pen America Literary Grant Winners". USA: Pen America. 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Katerina Iliopoulou, poet, artist, and translator: Burning Braile". Athens: Oanagnostis – Magazine for books and arts. 23 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Maria Topali, poet, critic: Fertile migration to Greek letters". Athens: Kathimerini – Daily newspaper. 8 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Orfeas Apergis, poet, critic, columnist of the newspaper Ta Nea: The poem as a field of action". Athens: Ta Nea – Daily newspaper. 3 August 2019.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Iana Boukova on Biblionet
  • Iana Boukova on Janet 45
  • Iana Boukova, or The Relentless Search for Meaning(s). Ekaterina Petrova on Iana Boukova in Asymptote Journal
  • Excerpt from Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow in the European Literature Network
  • Excerpt from Traveling in the Direction of the shadow in Words without borders
  • The short story Stone Quarter in Absinthe


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iana, boukova, bulgarian, Яна, Букова, born, july, 1968, bulgarian, poet, novelist, essayist, considered, most, significant, bulgarian, authors, 21st, century, boukova, apollonia, festival, 2014born, 1968, july, 1968, sofia, bulgarianationalitybulgarianalma, m. Iana Boukova Bulgarian Yana Bukova born 18 July 1968 is a Bulgarian poet novelist and essayist Considered one of the most significant Bulgarian authors of the 21st century Iana BoukovaBoukova at Apollonia Festival in 2014Born 1968 07 18 July 18 1968 age 55 Sofia BulgariaNationalityBulgarianAlma materSofia UniversityOccupation s Poet novelist essayist translator Contents 1 Life 2 Fiction 3 Poetry 4 Works 4 1 Books 4 2 Works in anthologies and literary collections 4 3 Selected literary translations 5 References 6 External linksLife editBorn in Sofia in 1968 Boukova has a degree in Classics from Sofia University She is the author of three books of poetry including Diocletian s Palaces 1995 Boat in the Eye 2000 and Notes of the Phantom Woman 2018 two collections of short stories including A as in Anything 2006 and Tales With No Return 2016 and the novel Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow first published in 2009 followed by a revised edition in 2014 Her poems and short stories have been translated into numerous languages including Greek Spanish French German and Arabic English translations of her poetry and prose have been published in various anthologies and journals in the US and the UK including Best European Fiction 2017 Words Without Borders Two Lines Absinthe Drunken Boat Ariel Art European Literature Network Zoland Poetry Take Five At the End of the World Contemporary Poetry from Bulgaria Boukova is a member of the platform Greek Poetry Now and of the editorial board of FRMK a biannual journal on poetry poetics and visual arts Poems originally written by her in Greek were included in Austerity Measures The New Greek Poetry Penguin Books 2016 New York Review of Books 2017 Books in Greek The minimal garden Ikaros 2006 translated by Dimitris Allos Drapetomania Mikri Arktos 2018 Boukova is also the editor and translator into Bulgarian of more than ten collections and anthologies of modern and ancient Greek poetry including Sappho s Fragments The Union of Bulgarian Translators Prize in 2010 the collected poetry of Catullus and the Pythian Odes by Pindar The National Prize for Translation in 2011 According to the Bulgarian poet and writer Silvia Choleva Boukova is a Borgesian type of author She favors play references riddles unexpected twists ironies and the dramaturgy of verse She possesses deep knowledge not just in the sphere of the humanities in which she specialized but she is also enticed by science she knows a lot and all of this is reflected in Notes of the Phantom Woman 1 Fiction editIana Boukova is the author of the short story collections A as in Anything 2006 and Tales With No Return 2016 and the novel Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow Her novel was originally published in Bulgarian in 2009 followed by a revised edition in 2014 Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow has been praised as one of the most innovative compelling erudite idiosyncratic and ambitious books to emerge out of the contemporary Bulgarian literary scene for decades past This very Borgesian novel is a story about storytelling about stories power to mutually attract to find their path towards each other and to complete one another The main characters whose names serve as titles of the novel s eight chapters all have their own complete cradle to grave biography their own hidden often torturous talent they have all been marked by fate in their own way Intellectually stylistically and conceptually Boukova is in conversation with a global community of authors brought together by translation and including in particular Jorge Luis Borges as well as Marguerite Yourcenar Milorad Pavic Gabriel Garcia Marquez Italo Calvino or Georges Perec among others According to the PEN America Pen Heim Translation fund grants Jury Iana Boukova s novel Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow is one of the most original and compelling books to emerge out of Bulgaria s contemporary literary scene the plot unfolding during the 19th century in and around the Balkans offers complex insights and historical perspectives on cultures that are little known beyond their borders and the main characters whose names serve as titles of the novel s eight chapters each have their own intriguing cradle to grave biographies In her masterful translation Ekaterina Petrova has captured the many nuances registers and literary devices of Iana Boukova s prose 2 Poetry editHer poetry collection Notes of the Phantom Woman received the Ivan Nikolov National Award for the most outstanding book of poetry in 2019 A Greek language version of it was also published in 2018 in Athens under the title Drapetomania The Greek poet artist and translator Katerina Iliopoulou defines that The Phantom woman orchestrating the book is the invisibly present witness poet the one who has been turned into a ghost across the entire spectrum of the totalitarianism of merchandise disguised as a cartoon like superhero showcasing the incredible transforming powers of poetry Because the poetry at hand is not one of defeat but rather battle ready poetry the poetry of the present coming to be which declares we re perfectly able to use your own weapons 3 The Athens daily morning newspaper Kathimerini underlines the significance of Iana Boukova s poetry A pointed intellect is in charge a restless ironic intelligence is given utterance in a style that s meant to smart to cause abrasions unburdened by the delusion of prophetic speech and the concomitant assurance of high discourse 4 The Greek poet and critic Orfeas Apergis emphasizes in the newspaper Ta Nea that This book brings in contact the essay form the philosophic metaphysical tendency and poetry poetic excess like two ever moving rotating grindstones that hone one another Boukova formulates conclusions that appear scientific yet bear a poetic charge one usually expressed in terms of terror at the metaphysical void The book s second central section is titled Tractatus It is a treatise on the revulsion an observer feels towards city pigeons Like Wittgenstein meeting Kafka you might say This Tractatus could well be taught at schools as an example of the difference between poetry and poeticality 5 Works editBooks edit Notes of the Phantom Woman Poetry Plovdiv Janet 45 2018 67 p ISBN 978 619 186 460 7 K kato vsichko Stories Plovdiv Janet 45 2018 2 ea 120 p ISBN 978 619 186 429 4 Drapetomania Poetry Athens Mikri Arktos 2018 64 p ISBN 978 960 8104 98 3 A as in anything Stories Sofia Prozoretz 2016 64 p ISBN 978 954 733 879 1 4 Tales With no Return Razkazi Plovdiv Janet 45 2011 44 p ISBN 978 619 186 291 7 Traveling in the Direction of Shadow Novel Second revised edition Plovdiv Janet 45 2014 2 ed 311 p ISBN 978 619 186 052 4 Traveling in the Direction of Shadow Novel First edition Sofia Stigmata 2009 312 p ISBN 978 954 336 066 6 K kato vsichko Stories Sofia Stigmata 2006 103 p ISBN 978 954 336 016 1 The Minimal Garden Poetry Athens Ikaros Books 2006 56 p ISBN 978 960 8399 26 6 Boat in the Eye Poetry Sofia Heron Press 2000 45 p ISBN 978 954 336 016 1 Diocletian Palaces Poetry Sofia Svobodno poet obshtestvo 1995 39 p ISBN 954 8642 16 6Works in anthologies and literary collections edit Boukova Iana 2018 The Stone Quarter Fiction In Absinthe World Literature in Translation Hellenisms Michigan Michigan Publishing Services 2018 pp 65 78 ISBN 978 1607855095 Boukova Iana 2017 The Teacher Came Back Drunk Fiction In Best European Fiction 2017 by Nathaniel Davis Editor Eileen Battersby Preface Champaign Illinois ISBN 978 1628971439 Boukova Iana 2017 Ausgewaehlte Gedichte Poetry In Kleine Tiere zum Schlachten Neue Gedichte aus Griechenland von Adrian Kasnitz Herausgeber Uebersetzer Koln ISBN 978 3947676019 Boukova Iana 2016 A as in Anything Fiction In Two Lines 25 Fall 2016 San Francisco California in 2016 ISBN 978 1931883542 Boukova Iana 2016 The Minimal Garden Black Haiku For Miltos Sachtouris Fractal Poetry In Austerity Measures The New Greek Poetry by Van Dyck Karen Editor New York Penguin UK Bilingual edition ISBN 978 0241250624 Boukova Iana 2013 Poems Poetry In Voix de la Mediterranee Anthologie poetique 2013 Venissieux Lyon 2013 123 p ISBN 978 2845622319 Boukova Iana 2012 The Poet All in White The Dusseldorf Match Plantations Apology on Monday Lunchtime Poetry In At the End of the World Contemporary Poetry from Bulgaria Bristol Shearsman Books 2013 pp 82 89 ISBN 978 1 84861 261 7 Boukova Iana 2008 Les Pommes Fiction In Concertos pour phrase 17 nouvelles contemporaines de Bulgarie Paris HB Editions 2008 210 p ISBN 978 2914581868 Boukova Iana 2007 Thirteen poems Poetry In Take Five 07 Shoestring Press Nottingham 2007 Iana Boukova p p 29 41 Translated by Jonathan Dunne ISBN 978 1 904885 66 5 Boukova Iana 2007 A Short Poem about the Evening and Music Self Portrait on a Background of Begonias Balkan Naive Painters Poetry In Karaoke poetry bar Futura Athens 2007 pp 58 62 ISBN 978 969 6654 64 0Selected literary translations edit Sappho 2019 100 1 Fragments preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova Sofia Poetry publishing house DA 2019 159 p ISBN 978 619 7082 51 7 Pindar 2011 Pythian Odes preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova Sofia Stigmata 2011 176 p ISBN 978 954 336 131 1 Sappho 2010 100 1 Fragments preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova Sofia Stigmata 2010 159 p ISBN 978 954 336 091 8 Gaius Valerius Catullus 2009 Poetry preface and translation into bulgarian by Iana Boukova Sofia Stigmata 2009 176 p ISBN 978 954 336 089 5References edit Silvia Choleva poet and writer A ruthless game Sofia Iss 8 K The journal of criticism debate and cultural pleasures 23 November 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint location link Announcing the 2021 Pen America Literary Grant Winners USA Pen America 21 January 2021 Katerina Iliopoulou poet artist and translator Burning Braile Athens Oanagnostis Magazine for books and arts 23 November 2019 Maria Topali poet critic Fertile migration to Greek letters Athens Kathimerini Daily newspaper 8 April 2019 Orfeas Apergis poet critic columnist of the newspaper Ta Nea The poem as a field of action Athens Ta Nea Daily newspaper 3 August 2019 External links editOfficial website Iana Boukova on Biblionet Iana Boukova on Janet 45 Iana Boukova or The Relentless Search for Meaning s Ekaterina Petrova on Iana Boukova in Asymptote Journal Excerpt from Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow in the European Literature Network Excerpt from Traveling in the Direction of the shadow in Words without borders The short story Stone Quarter in Absinthe Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Iana Boukova amp oldid 1152882410, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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