Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have become winners of the 2023 Booker international literary prize with the novel Time Shelter . This is the first Bulgarian novel to win the prestigious award. The distinction is given..
Georgi Gospodinov’s novel Time Shelter has entered the shortlist of 6 books for the international Booker prize, Leila Slimani, chair of the jury and winner of the Goncourt prize has announced. Georgi Gospodinov is the first Bulgarian writer..
“Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off,” according to Blaise Pascal. This observation, made by the French mathematician and physicist in the 17 th century, seems to have sprung back to life..
The novel Time Shelter ("Vremeubezhishte") by Georgi Gospodinov is on the long list for the International Booker Prize. He is the first Bulgarian writer to be nominated for the award, the publishing house "Janet 45" announced. The book is translated..
At the beginning of December this year, as Christmas fast approaches, the most widely translated Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov gave the start to his “small personal campaign” – Gift a book for Christmas . For 15 years, the author of Natural..
To return to where it all began. This is exactly what one of the most famous and internationally recognized Bulgarian authors, Georgi Gospodinov, will do with his latest novel "Time Shelter " (original title “ Времеубежище”). On September 7,..
Writer Georgi Gospodinov presented in Burgas one of his less known works entitled “The Cracks of the Canon”. It is divided into two parts. The first one renders an analysis of some of the less popular works of renowned Bulgarian writers Hristo Botev,..
Eight years after her first visit to Bulgaria and one Nobel Prize for Literature later, the great Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk is coming to Sofia again. She will be the guest of honour at the first Literary Encounters in Bulgaria - a new..
The Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov has been proposed for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The proposal was signed by the chairwoman of the Bulgarian PEN Club, writer Zdravka Evtimova, with the approval of all 51 members of the Bulgarian branch of the..
The novel “Time Shelter” by Georgi Gospodinov topped one of the most popular rankings of translated books in Italy, reported L’Indiscreto, BTA reported. The novel won the highest number of votes in a poll among 620 Italian writes, translators,..