Bulgarian literary modernism

Rosen Petkov collection

The illustrated catalogue contains 118 Bulgarian titles of books and magazines and 18 foreign ones from the collection of Rosen Petkov, illustrating the development of Bulgarian literary modernism (books as artifacts), an introductory article and an article about postmodernism by the author. The collection has been developed for decades with a lot of effort and love and is a representative sample of Bulgarian books and magazines from the late 19th century to World War II, with an emphasis on the books of modernism from the 20s and 30s of the XX century. The artifacts are divided into two sections, “Collection of Bulgarian Literary Modernism” and “Touches from Foreign Editions-Modernism”. Each of the editions is presented with good quality color material and data about the artifact itself – authors / editors / translators, illustrators, sizes, number of pages, publishers, printers, cover paper and body. The catalogue is published in 300 numbered issues.

ISBN 978-619-91344-2-9

„Circles of Modernism“ is a film about Bulgarian writers, poets, artists, and publishers from the early 20th century who created works of symbolism, expressionism, futurism, constructivism, and other forms of avant-garde. It showcases first editions of Bulgarian books and magazines from before 1944, created within literary circles in Sofia and other cities, from the collection of Rosen Petkov.

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