Dimana Yordanova

With her first poetry book, The Men and Women I Used To Be, Dimana Yordanova (1986) became a first-prize winner at the international literary contest Alda Merini and the national competition for debut literature Yuzhna Prolet. She is also the author of the poetry book Down the Spine and the children’s book What a Surprise!

Letters to Niya, My Unborn Child, her latest and most impressive work, has been universally hailed as an important achievement and was nominated for the national poetry award Ivan Nikolov. Dimana has worked as an editor for various websites, as a copywriter and screenwriter. She is also a translator and creative writing poetry lecturer.

Letters to Niya, My Unborn Child

Letters to Niya, My Unborn Child is a book standing on the borderline between poetry and prose. It speaks on behalf of women on an extremely important topic – the conscious decision not to keep a baby in all its humane and philosophic dimensions and the long-term consequences stemming from that decision.

This is a book about the freedom of mind to make one of the most difficult choices for a woman, but also about the physical dimensions of that burden and the necessary forgiveness afterwards. This is harsh poetry written in a very sensitive way. A book about love and betrayal. A book about cruelty and strength.

Letters to Niya, My Unborn Child has already been translated into Spanish, English and Croatian.

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