1940
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria

1963
Graduated the Sofia University "St. Climent Ohridski" - Classical Philology

1963 - 69
Lecturer in Classical Studies, Antique and West- European Literature The University of Veliko Tarnovo

1969 - 83
Assistant Professor in Classical Studies Sofia University

1976
Ph.D., Thesis "The Two-Acts Evripide Tragedies"

1978
Specialized Classical Studies The University of Athens, Greece

1983 - 89
Assoc. Professor in Classical Studies (Courses - Introduction in Classical Studies, Ancient Greece Culture) Sofia University

1984
Specialized in Amsterdam University

1987-89
Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philologies, Sofia University

1989
Professor in Classical Studies, Sofia University

1989 - 91
Head of the Classical Studies Department, Sofia University

1990 - 1998
Board Chair of the Open Society Foundation

1990
Chair of the Association for the New Bulgarian University / NBU/

1991 - 93
Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria in Greece

1994 - 95
Chair of the NBU Board of Trustees and Acting Chancellor

1995
Chair of NBU Board of Trustees

Main Publications:

1976,1996
The Homeric Epic

1979
Literature in the Hellenic Period

1985, 1998
Myth and Literature

1986
The Novel - Antique and Modern

1988,1996
Antique Literature. Encyclopedia

1989
History of Old Greek Civilization

1991
Orpheus and Ancient Mythology on the Balkans

1992
Old Greek Literature

1998
The Change in the Life and in the Text Translations:

1968
Teophras, Characters

1969
Plutarch, Selected Autobiographies

1975
Long, Daphnis and Chloe

1975
Pseudo-Callisthenes, The Life of the Alexander The Great

1979 - 90
Plato, Dialogues, v.1-4

1985
Marcus Aurelius, Towards Myself

Awards:

1993
Grand-Croix de l'Ordre du Phenix, Grece