Kiril Kadiiski
Kiril Kadiiski (Bulgarian: Кирил Кадийски) is a Bulgarian poet, essayist and translator born on 16 June 1947. He is well known as a translator inside his native Bulgaria and is famous as a poet in France where he is director of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute.[1] He has also been awarded a number of Bulgarian and international prizes: Ivan Franko (Ukraine) in 1989, the European Grand Prize (Romania) in 2001 and the Max Jacobs International Poetry Prize for his collected works (France) in 2002.[2] He was awarded the title Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters for achievements in the field of French culture by the French Government.
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In 1995 Kadiiski announced his discovery in Sofia of the lost poem of Blaise Cendrars La Légende de Novgorode, the bona-fides of which is now in full dispute.[3]
References
- Poemes, Trans. Ann Diamond, Presses Universitaires St. Clement d'Okhrid, 2006
- http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=7614
- "Un faux Cendrars au goût bulgare". Le Figaro 28 Juin 2007. Le Figaro. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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