Georgi Gospodinov wоn the Boccaccio Literary Prize. He is one of the three laureates of the 42nd edition of the Giovanni Boccaccio Literary Prize, along with journalist Stefania Battistini and playwright Marco Paolini. Walter Veltroni chaired the jury.
''It was an honour to receive the Boccaccio Prize in Certaldo, the hometown of the one who told stories in dark times. Among the winners of the prize are Ismail Kadare, Mario Vargas Llosa, Muriel Spark, my favourite Lars Gustafsson...", the Bulgarian writer wrote on Facebook.
"Today we in many times at once, not in one specific time There is a serious deficit of future, so we often go round in circles and seek refuge in the past. This theme is at the heart of the novel "Time Shelter", Georgi Gospodinov said in a conversation with the audience.
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