Knowra Bulgarian literature Bulgarian literature Literary works written in Bulgarian, from medieval religious texts to modern poetry, fiction, and drama. Its history reflects the development of Bulgarian language and national culture.
Old Bulgarian literature : Literature produced in the First Bulgarian Empire, chiefly in Old Church Slavonic, from the ninth century onward. Its translations and original religious works began a written literary tradition in Bulgaria.
Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya : Paisius of Hilendar’s 1762 history of the Bulgarians and Slavs, a foundational text of the Bulgarian National Revival. It is a landmark work linking historical writing with national awakening.
Cyril and Methodius : Ninth-century Byzantine missionaries who created the Glagolitic alphabet and translated Christian texts into Slavic. Their work laid foundations for Slavic literacy later cultivated in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian National Revival : A period of cultural and political renewal among Bulgarians, conventionally dated from the eighteenth century to 1878. Its writers revived Bulgarian education, history, and public identity.
Bulgarian National Library : Bulgaria’s national library in Sofia, preserving manuscripts, books, and other documentary collections. Its holdings preserve sources for studying Bulgarian literary history.
Cyrillic script : A writing system developed in the medieval Slavic world and used for Bulgarian and other languages. Its adoption helped transmit Bulgarian texts across generations.
Ivan Vazov : A Bulgarian poet, novelist, and playwright often called the national poet of Bulgaria. His fiction and poetry became central to modern Bulgarian literary memory.
Sofia Literary School : A modern Bulgarian literary circle associated with writers and intellectuals in Sofia. Its networks helped shape literary life in the modern capital.
Bulgarian modernism : A movement in Bulgarian literature and art that adopted experimental forms and modernist ideas in the early twentieth century. Its poets and critics departed from revival-era themes and established conventions.
Bulgarian language : A South Slavic language spoken primarily in Bulgaria and written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Changes in the language shaped literary style, readership, and publication.
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