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Photo by www.FethiKaraduman.com Ludmila Filipova is one of the Bulgaria’s and Balkan’s most popular contemporary authors. Her books are also some of the most sellable and loved for a whole century, according to the national ratings (among six other classic authors) and already included into the necessary list of books for the Bulgarian schools by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.

She is the author of the best-seller novels Anatomy of Illusions (2006), Scarlet Gold (2007), Glass Butterflies (2008), The Parchment Maze (2009), Dante’s Antichthon (2010), The Anomaly (2011), Typo (2012), The Eye Of The Sky (2013), The War of the Letters (2014)

(Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwb5RO1tHFw ), A Journey to the World's End (2015)

(Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGTbRb1rrnM ), “The Meaning: Encyclopedia of the Future” (2017) and “The Contact” (2020) which have become nationwide, and international bestsellers and have been translated already into several languages: English, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Serbian and German. Three of her novels are currently being developed into international feature films and serial films.

In 2011, a Television team from London WAG TV filmed a documentary movie for National Geographic based on the discoveries described in Ludmila’s novel The Parchment Maze (Part of the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t76PYjUCPBc ). December 2011 Ludmila Filipowa was awarded as Woman of the year in the category Culture and Art.

With her novels, Ludmila Filipova was nominated for the European literary contest Prix du Livre Europeen 2008, short-listed for the Bulgarian literary contest Novel of the Year 2009, and as the only foreign novel nominated for the American literary award Hidden River 2009. In 2011 she got the height international Russian award Yugra in Siberia.

She graduated with master degree from the Economic University Sofia with high honors and from the City University, Seattle with an MBA. Ludmila specialized in Creative writing at Oxford University in 2009. In 2019 she graduated as a Master in Astrophysics with high honors in the Physical faculty of Sofia University “Climent Ofridski”.

Ludmila Filipova participated in 3 scientific expeditions to Antarctica. She is a member of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and APECS.

Moreover, Ludmila works as a TV presenter into the popular TV talk show at the national bTV called High Hills. She is also a columnist for the most popular Bulgarian newspaper 24 Hours. She worked as an editor in chief of Media&Marketing magazine and as a journalist for BusinessWeek Bulgaria. Ludmila Filipova’s books are based on, and inspired by real stories, events and facts.

She travels worldwide in order to gather the necessary information, conduct interviews, study manuscripts and do researches. For the last 17 years, she had many readings around Bulgaria, Oxford, London, Moscow, Rome, NYC, Los Angeles, Berlin, Turkey, Greece, Antarctica, Serbia, Thailand, Spain, Argentina, Chili, Iran, Lybia, Apolonia Cultural Festival at Sozopol, Sofia Science Festival, and many others.

Filipova has already 12 published novels and all of them became bestsellers in the region and in Amazon with thousands sold copies. Translated in 6 languages. The books of Ludmila are based on/or inspired by real stories and facts. She travels worldwide in order to gather the necessary information, make interviews and hard papers analysis researches.

Movies acting

Ludmila Filipova has been participating as an actor in several children’s movies, most popular from which are: "Kuche v chekmedje" 1982 (Dog in a drawer) - directed by Dimiter Petrov; "Deniat si lichi po zaranta" ( The day is recognizable by the morning) 1984: directed by Nedelcho Chernev; "Tursi se suprug za mama" ( Husband for Mom is needed) – directed by Mariana Evstatieva – Biolcheva; "The path of human civilization" - Traces in the sand, 2010, director Stilian Ivanov.

 

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Националната библиотека посрещна „Смисълът“ от Людмила Филипова
За последен път Людмила Филипова се срещна с читатели и представи най-новия си роман „Смисълът“ преди заминаването си на двумесечна експедиция до Антарктида. На 23 януари 2018 г. писателката беше гост на 23-то издание на Клуб „Писмена“ на Националната библиотека „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“ по покана на директора доц. Красимира Александрова. Само два месеца след излизането си книгата се превърна в бестселър и беше преиздавана няколко пъти. 
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Людмила Филипова в търсене на „Смисълът“
snimka 2.jpgЛюдмила Филипова представи за първи път новата си книга. Премиерата на „Смисълът“ от издателство „Ентусиаст“ се състоя на 29 ноември от 19:00 часа в Зала 42 на НДК, София. Романът е амбициозен нов прочит на въпроса, на който човечеството се опитва да отговори от зората на своето съществуване – какъв е смисълът да ни има.

Книгата бе представена от управителя на издателство „Ентусиаст“ Виктория Бисерова и от д-р Соломон Паси. Водещ на събитието беше журналистът Михаил Дюзев. В своеобразни ·Посланици на Смисъла се превърнаха седемнайсет от най-популярните и значими лица в културния, научния и обществения живот на страната ни: Ана Пападопулу, актриса; Богдан Томов, певец; д-р Владимир Божилов, астрофизик; Емилиян Колевски, спортен катерач; Ива Дойчинова, журналист; Ирина Тенчева, телевизионен водещ; Максим Ешкенази, диригент; Милена Фучеджиева, писателка; Нели Хаджийска, журналист; Николай Василев, икономист; Петър Антонов, актьор; Силвия Кацарова, певица; д-р Таня Милачич, ембриолог; Теди Кацарова, певица; Туна Киремитчи, писател; Хари Ешкенази, цигулар; проф. Христо Пимпирев, учен и полярен изследовател. Всеки от тях сподели, разказа, рецитира или изпълни своя съкровен отговор на въпроса на вечерта – „Какво е Смисълът?“.

 

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Людмила Филипова гостува на Факултета по журналистика и масова комуникация

В навечерието на 24 май авторката на нашумелия роман "Войната на буквите" и още 9 бестселъра ще разкаже за пътя, който книгата трябва да измине, след като бъде измислена. Людмила Филипова ще сподели личния си опит и идеите си по въпросите: Книгата като медия от гледната точка на автора; Маркетинг на нова книга; Активности в медиите, отношения с журналистите и PR на книгата; Екранизиране на книгата, връзки с филмови продуцент.

 

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About Ludmila

Ludmila Filipova is the author of the novels Anatomy of Illusions (2006), Scarlet Gold (2007), Glass Butterflies (2008), The Parchment Maze (2009), Dante’s Antichthon (2010), The Anomaly (2011), Typo (2012), The Eye Of The Sky (2013), The War of the Letters (2014) and A Journey to the World's End (2015), which have become nationwide bestsellers and have been translated into several languages. Three of her novels are currently being developed into feature films. 

Currently, she is studying a master degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Physical Faculty of Sofia University “Kliment Ohridski”. She attended in three Bulgarian Antarctic Expeditions. She is a member of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and APECS. In 2015 she created a digital time capsule with thousand messages from the whole world for the future people and installed it at the South Pole. 

Joint Leader of the LM1 (Lunar Mission One) Bulgaria Chapter – the most challenging international mission to the Moon after Apollo program.

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