Work­ing lan­guages: Hun­gari­an

Field of work: lit­er­ary trans­la­tion – prose, drama

Short bio­graphy: Neli Dimova was born in Varna, where she gradu­ated from the First Lan­guage High School with Ger­man lan­guage. In 1998, she gradu­ated in Hun­gari­an philo­logy at the Sofia Uni­ver­sity St. Kli­ment Ohrid­ski, with a minor in Ger­man lan­guage and lit­er­at­ure. Since 1998, she has worked at the Hun­gari­an Cul­tur­al Insti­tute in Sofia as a trans­lat­or and event organ­izer. Trans­lat­or of fic­tion – nov­els, short stor­ies and plays from Hun­gari­an, edit­or of trans­la­tions from Hun­gari­an. She has par­ti­cip­ated in trans­la­tion camps in Hun­gary. Jury mem­ber in com­pet­i­tions for trans­la­tion of Hun­gari­an lit­er­at­ure.

Selec­ted trans­la­tions:

• Mag­da Sza­bó: Pil­at­us (Colibri, 2020)
• Toso Donc­sev: Dew at Sun­set (Lit­er­at­uren For­um, 2019)
• Mag­da Sza­bó: Katal­in Street (Colibri, 2018)
• Mag­da Sza­bó: The Door (Colibri, 2017)
• Mihály Zoltán Nagy: Satan’s Bas­tard (Ergo, 2015)
• Dez­ső Kosztolányi: Nero, the Bloody Poet (2015)
• Lajos Grendel: The Bells of Ein­stein (Guten­berg, 2013)
• Kriszt­ina Tóth: Bar­code (Ergo, 2012)

Awards:

• Pro Cul­tura Hun­gar­ica – For con­tri­bu­tion to the pro­mo­tion of Hun­gari­an Cul­ture (2023)
• Nom­in­a­tion for the Hristo G. Dan­ov Award for the trans­la­tion of the nov­el Pil­at­us by Mag­da Sza­bó (2021)

Con­tact: nelly.dimova at gmail​.com