(1960 - )
Teodora Dimova was born in Sofia in the family of the writer Dimitar Dimov. She studied in the English Language High School and graduated from the University of Sofia in English Studies. She also studied Drama at the Royal Court Theatre in London. She has written the plays Fyuri, Staya N48 [Room 48], Igrila, Platoto [The Plateau], Bez kozha [Skinless], Stopar, Zamakat Ireloh [Ireloh Castle], Lyubovnitsi [Lovers], Kuchkata [The Bitch], Zmiysko mlyako [Snake’s Milk], Nevidimite patishta na proshkata [The Invisible Ways of Forgiveness], Neda i kuchetata [Neda and the Dogs], V ledovete, Izlishak ot lyubov [Excess of Love], Nevinnite [The Innocent]. She is also the author of the following novels: Emine (2001), Maykite [The Mothers] (2006), Adriana (2007), and Marma, Mariam (2010).
Dimova has received a number of awards for her dramatic and prose works. She received playwright awards in 1987, 2000, and 2001. Her novel Maykite won the top prize in Razvitie literary competition in 2004, the Bank Austria Literaris award for East European literature in 2007, as well as the Sofia Prize for Literature in 2007. The novel Marma, Mariam was awarded the Hristo G. Danov National Prize for Literature in 2010. Teodora Dimova is a laureate of the Sirak Skitnik Award of the Bulgarian National Radio for her contribution to Bulgarian culture (2007) and a recipient of a number of other titles and awards.
Teodora Dimova’s works have been translated into English by Kornelia Slavova and Andrey Filipov.
Dimova has received a number of awards for her dramatic and prose works. She received playwright awards in 1987, 2000, and 2001. Her novel Maykite won the top prize in Razvitie literary competition in 2004, the Bank Austria Literaris award for East European literature in 2007, as well as the Sofia Prize for Literature in 2007. The novel Marma, Mariam was awarded the Hristo G. Danov National Prize for Literature in 2010. Teodora Dimova is a laureate of the Sirak Skitnik Award of the Bulgarian National Radio for her contribution to Bulgarian culture (2007) and a recipient of a number of other titles and awards.
Teodora Dimova’s works have been translated into English by Kornelia Slavova and Andrey Filipov.
