Being a city with a history spanning more than 8,000 years, Sofia has its secrets, even for the people whose families have lived there for generations. “In Sofia, time passes according to its own rules, and to capture the city in a photograph, you..
Writer Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the most prestigious literary award Booker for 2023, is a guest of the Burgas Beach Reads festival, which takes place from 9 to 13 August in Burgas. Mr. Mr. Gospodinov will meet his audience on Friday -..
The USA-born translator Angela Rodel was awarded the Contribution to the Development of Bulgarian Culture award by the Minister of Culture Krastyu Krastev. The prestigious prize was awarded for Angela Rodel's contribution to the popularisation of..
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,..
