Summary
The collection includes reviews, critiques, and comparative studies by Bulgarian critics of translation from 1899 to 2002, devoted to Bulgarian translations of Pushkin’s works. Over this 114-year period, 139 critical texts were published in literary periodicals and various collections and journals by S. Delispasov (Dr. Krustyo Krustev), T. Ts. Trifonov, Ivan Vazov, Minko Nikolov, Prof. Petar Peshev, Angel Todorov, Hristo Radevski, Assoc. Prof. Emanuil Popdimitrov, Acad. Georgi Tsanev, Henry Levenson, Prof. Simeon Hadjikoshev, Prof. Vasil Kolevski, Senior Researcher I Ivan Tsvetkov, Prof. Hristo Dudevski, Prof. Svetlozar Igov, Prof. Mihail Vasilev, Senior Researcher Petar Velchev, Stoyan Mednikarov, Konstantin Konyarov, Nikolay Antonov, Georgi Borisov, Stanka Pencheva, Assoc. Prof. Mihail Mihaylov, and other literary critics, poets, and translators. A significant portion of these reviews is analytical and objective, comparing translations with the originals, highlighting both the translator’s successes and numerous specific shortcomings of a semantic and artistic nature, and taking into account the degree of adequacy of the translation relative to the original. The great Russian poet is one of the few examples of an abundance of criticism regarding Bulgarian translations of his works. In this collection, one can trace both the development of Bulgarian translation criticism over a significant period of time and the evolution of the Bulgarian reception of Pushkin’s works.