Bulgarian to talk on literature

Bulgarian to talk on literature

JAKARTA (JP): A Bulgarian poet, Krassin Himmirsky, who is also
an observer of Indonesian literature, will discuss Indonesian and
Bulgarian literature this morning at the Taman Ismail Marzuki
Arts Center.

The discussion, organized by the Jakarta Arts Council and the
Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, is scheduled to start at 10
a.m. at the Graha Bhakti Budaya auditorium.

Earlier this year Himmirsky, who was an attache at the
Bulgarian embassy here in the 1960s, launched an anthology of
works by Indonesian poets in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The
anthology represents a wide range of Indonesian poets, from the
late Amir Hamzah to the young Sitok Srengenge. Himmirsky
translated the works into Bulgarian himself.

Himmirsky has published a book on Indonesian cuisine and plans
to publish an anthology of Indonesian short stories, according to
Hamid Djabbar, a poet and the secretary of the Jakarta Arts
Council, told The Jakarta Post.

Hamid said that Himmirsky, who is in his 50s, teaches the
Indonesian language in a course provided by the Indonesian
embassy in Sofia. (jsk)