Vanya Petkova was a Bulgarian poet, novelist, short story writer, and translator of Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Greek descent.
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The memorial plaque on the house in Ezerovo, Plovdiv, where Petkova lived and worked from 1999 to 2009. The plaque was donated by the Municipality of the town of Purvomay, in 2010.
The headstone of Vanya Petkova's grave at Central Sofia Cemetery
Petkova's paternal grandmother Anastasia Zhitskaya from Ukraine, and her grandfather - general Ivan Skander.
Vanya Petkova reading her newly released book The Sinner, 1967
Bulgarian poet Vanya Petkova with Palestinian leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Yasser Arafat
"The Vanya Petkova House and Museum" in Ezerovo, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The house where Petkova spent the last 10 years of her life, from 1999 to 2009, and where she wrote much of her work.
Vanya Petkova Memorial Plaque on her house in Ezerovo (Lakeville), Parvomay, BulgariaWriters born in the 1940s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2009 · aged 64
Written about in
7 languages
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