A Muslim Voice in Bulgarian Poetry
Abstract
Aziz Tash (Aziz Nazmi Shakir) was born in 1973, in the city of Smolyan, where he graduated from an English-immersion high school. He holds a BA in Arabic and Turkish philology from the University of Sofia, and a Ph.D. in the History of Science from the University of Istanbul, where he currently teaches. His mother tongue is Turkish, yet Tash maintains a notable presence on the Bulgarian cultural scene, publishing poetry, prose, and translations from the Arabic, Turkish, English, and Russian.
Bulgaria

