Letera

Letera (Bulgarian: Летера) was a private Bulgarian publishing house founded in 1991 by Nadya Furnadzhieva, a translator from German. Headquartered in Plovdiv, it grew into one of Bulgaria's more prolific independent publishers, with a catalogue of more than 1,000 titles and roughly 120 new titles issued each year. It was a member of the Bulgarian Book Association (Асоциация „Българска книга“). Letera's list spanned encyclopaedic and reference works, foreign-language learning systems, textbooks and teaching aids, grammars and dictionaries, popular-science series, contemporary Bulgarian and translated fiction, and luxury albums and travel guides devoted to Bulgaria. The publisher was especially known for books on the history and culture of Plovdiv, its home city. Its authors and translated writers included Marcus Orths, Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu, Aslı E. Perker, Eduard Cary, Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Demet Altınyeleklioğlu, Oya Baydar, Atanas Kapralov, Lidia Jorge, Mark Galeotti and Mehmet Rauf. Beyond trade publishing, Letera produced educational materials approved by Bulgaria's Ministry of Education and Science (MON) for grades 2–7, and the LOGICO PRIMO teaching aids for kindergartens, schools and municipalities. It also coordinated a Socrates–Lingua 2 project of the European Commission, creating the first interactive multimedia course "Bulgarian Language for Foreigners," developed in six language versions (English, German, French, Czech, Dutch and Bulgarian) and covering CEFR levels A1 to B2. The company operated a bookshop and a modern digital printing house in Plovdiv, plus its own bookshop, information centre and book exchange in Sofia. In 2018 it received the "Plovdiv" award in the Cultural Heritage and Memory Preservation category for the album "Plovdiv – Ancient and Alive." In September 2021 the court opened insolvency proceedings against the publisher over unpaid debts for translations and printing services; founder and manager Nadya Furnadzhieva died the same year from COVID-19, and a liquidator was appointed.

Letera was founded in 1991 by Nadya Furnadzhieva, a translator from German, as a private publishing house in Bulgaria. It established its seat in Plovdiv, where it maintained a company bookshop and a modern digital printing house, and it also operated its own bookshop, information centre and book exchange in Sofia. By December 2011 the publisher marked its 20th anniversary, by which time its catalogue had grown to more than 1,000 editions, with roughly 120 new titles published each year. Its publishing programme was broad: encyclopaedic and reference editions, foreign-language learning systems, textbooks and teaching aids, grammars and dictionaries, popular-science series, contemporary Bulgarian and translated fiction, and luxury albums and travel guides for Bulgaria. It was a member of the Bulgarian Book Association. Among the authors it published were Marcus Orths, Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu, Aslı E. Perker, Eduard Cary, Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Demet Altınyeleklioğlu, Oya Baydar, Atanas Kapralov, Lidia Jorge, Mark Galeotti and Mehmet Rauf. The house was particularly noted for books on the history and culture of Plovdiv. In education, Letera produced textbooks for grades 2–7 approved by Bulgaria's Ministry of Education and Science (MON), and LOGICO PRIMO teaching aids for kindergartens, schools and municipalities. It also coordinated a project under the European Commission's Socrates–Lingua 2 programme, working with specialists from seven European countries to create the first interactive multimedia course "Bulgarian Language for Foreigners," developed in six versions (English, German, French, Czech, Dutch and Bulgarian) and covering CEFR levels A1 to B2. In 2018 the publisher received the "Plovdiv" award in the Cultural Heritage and Memory Preservation category for the album "Plovdiv – Ancient and Alive." However, the company later ran into financial difficulty. In September 2021 a court decision opened insolvency proceedings against Letera because of unpaid obligations for translations and printing services. Founder and manager Nadya Furnadzhieva died the same year following illness from COVID-19, and a liquidator was appointed.

• 2021

  A court decision in September opens insolvency proceedings over unpaid debts for translations and printing services; founder Nadya Furnadzhieva dies from COVID-19 and a liquidator is appointed.

• 2018

  Letera receives the "Plovdiv" award in the Cultural Heritage and Memory Preservation category for the album "Plovdiv – Ancient and Alive."

• 2011

  The publisher marks its 20th anniversary in December; its catalogue exceeds 1,000 editions with about 120 new titles per year.

• 1991

  Letera is founded in Bulgaria by translator Nadya Furnadzhieva.

Independent Bulgarian publisher of educational, reference and literary titles, with a strong regional focus on the history and culture of Plovdiv.

• Multimedia course "Bulgarian Language for Foreigners"

  First interactive multimedia course of its kind, created under the European Commission's Socrates–Lingua 2 programme in six language versions (English, German, French, Czech, Dutch, Bulgarian), covering CEFR levels A1–B2.

• LOGICO PRIMO teaching aids

  Teaching aids for kindergartens, schools and municipalities, approved by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.

• Textbooks for grades 2–7

  Textbooks approved by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science (MON) for schools and municipalities.

• Album "Plovdiv – Ancient and Alive"

  Award-winning album on the history and culture of Plovdiv, honoured in 2018.

1. 1Издателство Летера – официален сайтlettera.bg
2. 2Издателство Летера – За Летераlettera.bg
3. 3Letera – Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4Летера – Уикипедия (bg)bg.wikipedia.org