Philip O'Ceallaigh & Mirela Hristova: 'My Life in the City' in Bulgarian

Philip O'Ceallaigh reads his short story 'My Life in the City' from his home in Bucharest, Romania and Bulgarian translator Mirela Hristova reads from Sofia, Bulgaria. 'My Life in the City' was recently published in the Stinging Fly Magazine, Summer 2020.

For each episode of 'Talking Translations' we have paired a story with a language, and asked the author and translator to read their work aloud. It is our hope to share these stories with listeners around the world, heard in languages where the author may not yet  be widely published.

Literature Ireland Promotes Irish literary authors and their work worldwide and is funded by Culture Ireland and the Arts Council. To read the full stories in English and Bulgarian, and to learn more about what we do, visit www.literatureireland.com. For any queries, or to say hello, please email [email protected]. The intro/outro music in this series is kindly used with permission from David Hilowitz.