Ivan Dobnik - Vilenica

Vladimir Levčev se je rodil leta 1957
v Sofiji v Bolgariji. �i�lomiral �i�lomiral �i�lomiral i� i� i� ma� ma� ma�
gistriral je iz umet�ost�e zgodovi�e
�a Akademiji likov�ih umet�osti v
Sofiji, magistriral �a je tudi iz kreativ�
�ega �isa�ja �a Ameriški u�iverzi v
Washi�gto�u, �C, kjer je študiral kot
šti�e�dist Full brightovega sklada. Je
�es�ik, ki �iše v bolgaršči�i i� a�glešči�
�i, �revajalec �oezije iz a�glešči�e (T.
S. Eliot, Ala� Gi�sberg) i� doce�t �a
Ameriški u�iverzi v Blagoevgradu, kjer
�oučuje �isa�je i� k�jižev�ost. Na�isal
je štiri�ajst �es�iških zbirk (štiri so iz�
šle tudi v Z�A), med �jimi Аритмии
(Aritmija, 1978), Небесни Балкани
(Boža�ski Balka�, 2000), The Rainbow
Mason (Mavrič�i zidar, 2005) i� Кой
сънува моя живот 1977–2007 (Kdo
sa�ja moje življe�je: 1977–2007, 2007);
zbirko esejev z �aslovom Литература и
морал (K�jižev�ost i� morala, 1994); ter
roma�a Крали Марко: Балканският
принц (Kralj Marko: Balka�ski �ri�c,
2001 i� 2006) i� 2084 (2009). Njegove
�esmi so bile �revede�e v devet jezikov.
Vladimir Levchev was born in 1957 in
Sofia, Bulgaria. He obtained his MA
degree in Art History at the Academy of
Fine Arts in Sofia, and an M.F.A. in creative
writing at the American University in
Washington, DC, which he attended on a
Fulbright Scholarship. He is a poet writing
in Bulgarian and English, a writer,
translator of poetry from the English (T.S.
Eliot, Alan Ginsberg), and an assistant
professor at the American University
in Blagoevgrad, where he teaches writing
and literature. He has authored 14
books of poetry (4 of which were published
in the US); among them Аритмии
(Arrhythmia, 1978), Небесни Балкани
(Heave�ly Balka�s, 2000) The Rai�bow
Maso� (2005), and Кой сънува моя
живот: 1977–2007 (Who Is Dreaming
My Life: 1977-2007, 2007); a collection
of essays titled Литература и морал
(Literature and Morality, 1994); and
the novels Крали Марко: Балканският
принц (Krali Marko: The Balkan
Prince, 2001 and 2006) and 2084
(2009). His poems have been translated
into 9 languages.