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.
Australian author Joanna Murray-Smith is coming to Sofia at the invitation of the Nikolay Binev Youth Theater. She is visiting Bulgaria for the first time between November 5 and 9, 2025 for a specially organized "Panorama of Joanna Murray-Smith", which..
On the eve of one of the brightest Bulgarian holidays – the Day of the National Awakeners, the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London welcomed the guests of the Bulgarian National Radio in a meeting-conversation with Bulgarian poet Mirela Ivanova,..
On the eve of one of the brightest Bulgarian holidays - the Day of the National Awakeners of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London is inviting Bulgarians living in the UK to a meeting-conversation with three contemporary artists -..
On 10 November, the European Music Festival will be offering music lovers a thrilling event. 2,500 years after the legendary Italian city of Naples was..
A special exhibition dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia has been presented in the..
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