The Little Elephant Who Wanted to Fly

Lilyana Dvoryanova lives and works in Sofia. She graduated from Sofia University with a degree in philosophy and studied graphic design at New Bulgarian University, earning a PhD in Art Methodology. She works in various fields of the visual arts – illustration, painting, digital graphics, photography, and conceptual forms. Her CV includes numerous solo and group exhibitions. Dvoryanova’s first authored children’s book, The Little Elephant Who Wanted to Fly, was published in Bulgarian and Hungarian in 2020. In 2023, The Story of Tiny and His Mother Who Fit in His Pocket was published. That same year, the picture book Islands, which she illustrated (authored by Emilia Dvoryanova), won the Golden Lion award.