Kristin Dimitrova, a Bulgarian writer and poet, was born in Sofia on May 19, 1963. Graduated in English and American Studies from the Sofia University, she now works there at the Department of Foreign Languages. From 2004 to 2006 she was editor of Art Trud, the weekly supplement for arts and culture of the Trud Daily, and in 2007-2008 was a columnist for Klasa Daily Since 2008 she has been a regular participant on the Darik Radio Friday talk show The Big Jury. Kristin Dimitrova is a winner of five national awards for poetry, three for prose and one for the translation of John Donne's poetry into Bulgarian.
At his hotel destination he clutched
a glowing glass of cognac among unfamiliar hills
for the time being. The receptionist girl
...
Santa Claus
you have given me a broken toy!
That's OK, son - what matters
is that you have been a good boy.
...
During the concert, between
Iron Men and Bark at the Moon
the music kicked out at faces
of screaming kids,
...
I asked the sky
‘Why am I here?'
It swallowed my words
and waited for more.
...
Noah told it differently.
To the Jewish delegation he said
after the raven he had sent out a dove -
...