Ivan Stankov is professor of Bulgarian literature in  "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" University of Veliko Tarnovo.
Author of the books: The Gloomy, The Gentle. The Lyrical World of Assen Raztsvetnikov (1993), Yovkov's Creativе Work (1995), Death Can Not Exist. In the Lyrical World of Boris Christoff (1996), On the Road of History. Creative Work of Dimitar Talev (2002).
Translator (from Romanian) of the books of Mirchea Cartarescu and Dan Lungu.