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Contemporary Bulgarian Writers
Contemporary Bulgarian Writers is an online literary platform which presents to the English speaking audience profiles of living Bulgarian authors of fiction and short stories. About the Idea Contemporary Bulgarian Writers aims at facilitating the access of the English speaking audience to the contemporary Bulgarian literature. Created in public interest, its mission is to be a crossing-point of the contemporary Bulgarian literature and the English speaking world. About the Platform Each author’s profile contains a biography, an excerpt(s) and a picture.{{cite web, title=Contemporary Bulgarian Writers - 29.09.2011, url=http://www.contemporarybulgarianwriters.com/ Synopses, interviews and critical reviews of the published excerpts are also available. The translators of the published texts are presented there as well. Featured Writers Here is a list of the writers presented so far: * Sekulov, Alexander * Shpatov, Alexander * Alexieva, Elena * Andreev, Emil * Boykov, Niko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Sekulov
Alexander Sekulov (born 6 January 1964, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Contemporary Bulgarian Writers, contemporary Bulgarian writer. He graduated professional school for stage arts as an assistant producer and Bulgarian philology as a master at the Plovdiv University ''Paisiy Hilendarski''. Sekulov's poetry and prose had been translated into English language, English, German language, German, French language, French and Hungarian language, Hungarian. Books * ''Seventh Sky'' (1988, poetry); * ''High above the Distance'' (1997, poetry); * ''Enchanting and Light'' (2003, poetry); * ''Maps and Geographies'' (2010, poetry); * ''The Master and the Stones'' (1996, essays); * ''The High Stone Hills'' (2006, fragments); * ''The History of the Minimum Resistance. Chronological novel in one column'' (2008, non-fiction); * ''Light Hotel Rooms'' (2005, play); * ''The Collector of Love Sentences'' (2007, 2008, novel); * ''The Little Saint and the Oranges'' (2009, novel); * ''Nasco H. Stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Gospodinov
Georgi Gospodinov ( bg, Георги Господинов; born January 7, 1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright. One of the most translated Bulgarian authors after 1989, he has four poetry books awarded with national literary prizes. First of them, ''Lapidarium'' (1992), won the National Debut Prize. Volumes of his selected poetry came out in German, Portuguese, Czech and Macedonian. Literary career Gospodinov became internationally known by his ''Natural novel'', which was published in 21 languages, including English ( Dalkey Archive Press, 2005), German, French, Spanish, Italian, etc. '' The New Yorker'' described it as an “anarchic, experimental debut”, according to '' The Guardian'', it is “both earthy and intellectual”, Le Courrier (Geneve) calls it “a machine for stories.” ''And Other Stories'' (2001), collection of short stories, came out in German, French, English, Italian and was longlisted for Frank O'Connor Award. This is the book that contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachary Karabashliev
Zachary Karabashliev ( bg, Захари Карабашлиев) (born 14 April 1968, Varna, Bulgaria) is a contemporary Bulgarian writer and a playwright. Life He graduated in Bulgarian philology from the Shumen University, Bulgaria. In 1997, he moved to the USA with his family in San Diego, California, U.S. Later the couple divorced. In 2014 he moved to Sofia, Bulgaria and became the Editor-in-chief of the major publishing house Ciela. His debut novel "18% Gray" (Ciela 2008) is a bestselling title in Bulgaria, later published in the United States, France, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia and other countries. Awards included: Novel of the Year 2008 Award given by VIC Foundation The Flower of Helikon Award; I was chosen by anonymous TV vote to be among the 100 most loved books by Bulgarians in the BBC-format campaign "The Big Read" on Bulgarian National Television. His short stories included in the collections "A Brief History of the Airplane" (Ciela, 2009) and "Symmetry" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Zaharieva
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Kalin Terziyski
Kalin Terziyski ( bg, Калин Терзийски) is a contemporary Bulgarian writer. Educated as a psychiatrist, out of necessity for additional loan due to the low wages for young doctors in his home Bulgaria, he started writing in for newspapers and magazines. At the beginning of 2000, he dismissed his medical career and devoted his creative time to writing. He was one of the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature 2011. Works Poetry * "Salt", Sofia, Paradox, 2008, 108 pages. The ISBN on Bulgarian bookstore sites (9789545530844) is formally wrong. * "New poems at the very beginning", Sofia, Faber, 2010, 72 pages. * "The advantages of posing", Sofia, Ciela, 2011, 96 pages, Short stories * "13 pieces of broken time", 2008 : There are only 100 pieces for the whole edition. Each book is separately illustrated by the author. Price 60 euro. Not available commercially. * "Strict thoughts with strange dressing", Sofia, Ciela, 2009, 98 p. () * "Is there anybo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Tenev
Georgi Tenev (born 9 October 1969, in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian novelist, short story writer, playwright and film/TV screenwriter. Major topics in Tenev's works are the cultural and ideological void in the post-totalitarian societies and the consequent emerging of counter-cultures; the fall of utopias and the social amnesias. Recurring narratives in his novels and plays are also quasi-religion and disbelief, barbarism and revolution, the Holocaust, problem of evil, theodicy. In his recent writings he often addresses environmental issues. Biography He is born in 1969 in Sofia. He is the son of Tenyo Tenev and Bozhanka Konstantinova, a descendant of the poet Nikolai Liliev and the literary historian Georgi Konstantinov. In 1988 graduated from the H. Konstantin-Kyril Philosopher High School for Languages and Culture and Philological Studies at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski” (1989–1991). In 1994 he was one of the graduates in the experimental class of Margarita Mla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galin Nikiforov
Galin Nikiforov ( bg, Галин Никифоров) is a Contemporary Bulgarian Writers, contemporary Bulgarian writer. He was born in 1968 and lives in Dobrich, Bulgaria. He graduated from the Technical University of Plovdiv and the University of Economics Varna. He has worked as an engineer in the industry since 1993. He is married and has a daughter. In 2011 his book ''Losers'' Summer' won the biggest literature competition in the country - "Novel of the Year". A month later his latest novel ''The House of Clowns'' won the Elias Canetti Award. Novels * ''Последната истина'' (The Last Truth, 1998) * ''Умерено нежно'' (Fairly Gently, 2003) * ''Добро момче'' (Good Guy, 2006) * ''Фотографът: Obscura Reperta'' (The Photographer: Obscura Reperta, 2009) * ''Лятото на неудачниците'' (Losers' Summer, 2010) * ''Къщата на клоуните'' (The House of Clowns, 2011) * ''Лисицата'', София, Сие� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peycho Kanev
Peycho Kanev ( bg, Пейчо Кънев) is a poet, writer and translator born in Silistra, Bulgaria. Publications Kanev has been published in over 900 literary journals. His poems appeared in many literary magazines, including ''Poetry Quarterly'', ''Evergreen Review'', ''Hawaii Review'', ''Cordite Poetry Review'', ''Sheepshead Review'', ''Off the Coast'', ''JMWW'', ''The Coachella Review'', ''Mascara Literary Review'', ''The Mayo Review'', ''Two Thirds North'', ''Sierra Nevada Review'', and ''The Cleveland Review'', among many others. He is the author of multiple poetry collections and chapbook A chapbook is a small publication of up to about 40 pages, sometimes bound with a saddle stitch. In early modern Europe a chapbook was a type of printed street literature. Produced cheaply, chapbooks were commonly small, paper-covered bookl ...s and has participated in collaborative books. The year 2009 marked Peycho Kanev's first book publication. There were two books p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milen Ruskov
Milen Ruskov ( Bulgarian: Милен Русков) (1966), a Bulgarian writer and translator. He graduated from Sofia University in 1995. Awards and honours *2014 European Union Prize for Literature The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a European Union literary award. Its aim is to recognise outstanding new literary talents from all over Europe, to promote the circulation and translation of literature among ..., Bulgaria, ''Vazvishenie'' (Summit) Works Novels * ''Pocket Encyclopaedia of Mysteries'' (2004); * ''Thrown into Nature'' (2008, BG; 2011, U.S.); * ''Vazvishenie'' (Summit) (2011); * ''Chamkoria'' (2017). References External links Milen Ruskov's Profileat thContemporary Bulgarian WritersWebsite Milen Ruskov at the Open Letter's Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruskov, Milen 1966 births Living people Bulgarian novelists Male novelists Bulgarian historical fiction writers Bulgarian male writers Bulgarian translators 20th-century B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Zarev
Vladimir Zarev ( bg, Владимир Зарев) (born 1947 in Sofia) is a contemporary Bulgarian novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...ist. He studied Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University and made his debut in 1972 with the short novel ''Riot of Emotions''. To date Zarev has published 10 novels, several volumes of short stories, a poetry book, and two non-fiction books. Several of his works have been translated to Russian, German and English. Zarev received acclaim through his novel ''Decay'' (first published in 2003, and translated to German in 2007) which describes the transformation of Bulgarian society during the county's political transition of the 1990s. Critics have praised the work as an important contribution to explaining the prevailing lawlessness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
