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“With the big bed she understands…” by Ivanka Mogilska

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The Season of Delicate HungerWith the big beds she understands
when love ends.
She wakes up and sees—
a back at the other end of the bed.
That’s why she prefers
for them to sleep in a small bed,
covered only with a sheet.

-Ivanka Mogilska,
translated from Bulgarian
by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
The Season of Delicate Hunger:
Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry
(Accents Publishing)

Ivanka MogilskaIvanka Mogilska was born on June 5th, 1981 in Plovdiv. She is the author of two books of poetry. Her first, DNA, won the Southern Spring Award for the best debut book. With her second book, a novel entitled Places to Get Lost In, she participated in the convention of European first-time novelists at the International Book Festival in Budapest in 2008. In 2011, she published her latest poetry book, Otherwise Said. Ivanka works as a copywriter and translator. She currently lives and works in Sofia.

“A Wonderful Meeting” with Ivanka Mogilska

mogilska2As part of our “Meet a Bulgarian Poet” series, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer interviewed poet, copywriter, and translator Ivanka Mogilska, one of the brilliant voices featured in The Season of Delicate Hunger: Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry. Here is a translation of that interview.


What would you like for the American readers to know about Bulgarian poetry?

Both Bulgarian and American poetry focus on identical themes. Only the approach, the images, the perceptions are different, and indeed, that is what’s valuable. The more points of view we have, the closer we are to the truths that stir us.

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