Stanka Pencheva (Bulgarian: Станка Пенчева; July 9, 1929 – May 2014) was a Bulgarian writer.[1]

She was born in Sliven and was educated there, going on to study Russian philology at Sofia University. She was an editor for Radio Sofia, for the Narodna Mladezh magazine and for the Septemvri magazine. Pencheva has been a correspondent for the newspaper Narodna Kultura [bg].[2]

Her poems have been translated into English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Italian and Hindi.[2]

Selected works

Awards and recognition

Pencheva's awards include:

In 2012 the annual national literary competition "Stanka Pencheva" was established.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Почина поетесата Станка Пенчева" (in Bulgarian). Mediapool. May 27, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Wilson, Katharina M (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Vol. 1. pp. 979–80. ISBN 0824085477.
  3. ^ Стартира национален литературен конкурс „Станка Пенчева”


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