THE BOOK "THE CASE "VANGA" WAS PRESENTED IN "SAVA DOBROPLODNI"REGIONAL LIBRARY- SLIVEN

 The new literary season at "Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library was opened on January 15, 2014 in 5.00 pm with the presentation of the book of Nikolay Stoyanov "The Case "Vanga".

Nikolay Stoyanov was born in Karlovo. He has worked in the literary department of the Bulgarian National Radio, in "Boyana" movie studio. He was a vice editor-in-chief of "Plamak" magazine and the first editor of the Bulgarian edition of the prestigious French newspaper "Le Mond Diplomatique". He is the author of fifteen books of fiction - short stories, novels, essays and many radio plays. Four TV movies based on his scenarios were shot. He translated from French works of Patrick Modiano, Francoise Sagan, Georges - Olivier Châteaureynaud, etc. His books were published in France, Germany, Italy, Albania, Serbia, Romania, South Korea and Macedonia. He is a founder and a Chairman of the International Foundation "Balkanica". He has won the awards - Vazov Prize for Literature, European Prize for poetic prose, as well as the award "Paris - Europe", awarded to him in 2005 by the municipality of Paris for his contribution to the culture of the United Europe.

The writer Nikolay Stoyanov is a relative of the prophet from Petrich and his book has collected memories of his childhood and stories that had passed from generation to generation in his family. Besides telling stories about Vanga, the author tells a lot about the times in which she lived, about significant personalities and events that marked those years, about her relationship with authorities and secret services, about the scientific experiments that were held with the prophetess, although they are denied today, about other phenomena around her, as well as about the sessions that she has undertaken to contact the afterlife. Unlike most publications in Bulgaria dedicated to Vanga directed more towards the sensational journalistic flair, the book of Nikolay Stoyanov is primarily a personal story about her, seen through the writer's eyes.

The stories in "The case "Vanga" are not just memories. The writer examines Vanga not only as a phenomenon and a person, but as a true "case", about which, although much known, there are still more unknown facts: "Vanga was and still is a world event. She was an exception from the rules. She was born to help and protect us from our imperfections", says Nikolay Stoyanov. He seeks explanations for the dual life of Vanga, her daily and painful incarnations from reality into the unknown world, her complex relationships with the authorities and the secret services, the vast loneliness and pain of the one who helped others, but who could not help herself.

The literary critic Dimitar Bechev took part in the book presentation.