Dora Gabe was а Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n poetess. She published poetry for adults and children as well as travel books, short stories and essays.

Gabe was born in the village of Dabovik

Dabovik

Dabovik is a village in General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria.-References:...

 near Dobrich

Dobrich

Dobrich is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province. With 91,030 inhabitants, as of February 2011, Dobrich is the ninth most populated town in Bulgaria, being the centre of the historical region of Southern Dobruja...

 to the family of Peter Gabe, a Russia

Russia

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n immigrant. She studied natural science at the University of Sofia, French philology in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

 and graduated from the university in Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

. Among her best-known works are Wait, Sun, Invisible eyes and The world is a secret. After 1917 Gabe translated a huge number of foreign books.

External links

• Contains biography of Dora Gabe