The Last Supper
You don’t understand:
you cannot spend the evening lying down
between the legs of the storm,
the night howling with her wolves,
and in the morning just wake up and ask her
why she still hasn’t cooked you
an omelet.
Tsvetelina Manova (Lena Mante) was born in 1985 in Varna, Bulgaria. She graduated in French Philology from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and obtained a Master’s degree in Romance Linguistics in Lyon, France.
Her works have been recognized in numerous competitions for poetry, prose, essays, and translation. Her poetry has been translated into English, French, Ukrainian, Romanian, and other languages.
She is the author of two poetry books: Lepidoptera (2011, in Bulgarian) and Siroles (2013, in French).
For ease of pronunciation in English and French, she sometimes publishes under the pen name Lena Mante.
Facebook page: Poesis (Bulgarian, French, English).
