prof. belivanova

Bora Belivanova, PhD

  • Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Sofia University, and Professor of Chinese literature at Classical and Eastern Languages ​​and Cultures Department at the Faculty of Modern Languages, Veliko Tarnovo University;

    • Since the 1950s, she has been introducing Chinese literature to Bulgarian readers, translating and publishing a large number of Chinese literary and humanistic works, including the novels Struggles in an Ancient City and Lu Xun’s Old Tales Retold;

    • Winner of the Special Book Award of China;

    • Publications: “On the (Cyclic) Problem in Ancient Chinese Literature”, “Labor Songs in the Ancient Chinese Poetry Collection (The Book of Songs)”, “Selected Readings of Ancient Chinese Literary Works”, “Some Issues on Heavenly Questions and Ancient Chinese Mythology”, “Chinese Literature in the period 1978-1988 — A Crucial Decade: Poetry”, “The (Biographies) Section of Chinese Dynastic History: The Biography of Li Bai”, “The History of the Ancient East”, “On the Rhythmic Problem of Ancient Chinese Folk Songs Based on The Book of Songs”, “On the Rhythmic Problem of Ancient Chinese Folk Songs”, “A research of the Rhythmic Characteristics and Types of Ancient Chinese Folk Songs (The Book of Songs)”, etc.

    • Translated works: “The Song of Youth”, “Medieval Chinese Novels”, “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio”, “Classic of Mountains and Seas” and “Heavenly Questions”, “Pilots and Young Pioneers”, “Contemporary Chinese Poetry”, “Eternal Journey”, “The Immortal Wang Xiaohe”, “Classical Chinese Novels”, “The Three Eggs of the Dragon — A Collection of Stories of Eastern Spirits”, “Laozi Annotated”, etc.