Dora Gabe is associated with Dobruja and Bulgaria’s twentieth-century literary life. Her children’s writing gives everyday impressions a voice of their own. Memory, observation and imagination intertwine. A book for children is a literary work, rather than a lesser version of writing for adults. Wrote poetry and prose for children. Wrote the book Nyakoga, meaning Once. Worked as a literary translator. Her books extend literary history towards children’s reading and translation.