Kristina Zimbakova is a Sylvia Plath scholar, painter and professional translator. Along with solo and group exhibitions of her mixed media works, she has published numerous articles on Plath and translated various poets into Macedonian. Her major work is the editing and translation of a book of 38 Plath poems published by Academic Press, Skopje, 2005, the first volume of Sylvia Plath ever in Macedonian.