Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov won the most prestigious literary award in Italy "Premio Strega Europeo". Gospodinov won the award with his novel "Time Shelter" which was among the five finalists in the category translated books. The award was presented at a ceremony at the Turin International Book Fair.
Georgi Gosodinov competed with famous authors such as Romanian writer Anna Blandiana, "Goncourt" winner Hervé Le Tellier and Anne Weber who won the German Book Prize 2020. Gospodinov's book was selected by a jury consisting of 20 Italian writers - winners or contenders for the Strega Prize.
Chepelare has become a creative haven for 10 women writers from Bulgaria, Spain, Poland, Ukraine, Belgium, Great Britain and Serbia , BTA reports. The Rhodope town is hosting the second year of the Women in the Mountains writers' residency, which is..
This summer the Ministry of Culture is allocating funds for field archaeological excavations at 58 sites , BTA reported. More than 150 sites have applied this year, with requirements that they have not only scientific and educational value, but also..
The Open Buzludzha Festival connects culture, history and nature in an unforgettable experience at the foot of Mount Buzludzha and the eponymous monument for yet another year, BTA reported. The event, organized by the Buzludzha Project Foundation,..
A few years before we, Bulgarians, felt the breath of freedom that reached us with the fall of the Berlin Wall, musicians, artists, writers, theater..
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