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.
One of Hollywood's greatest directors and producers, Ted Kotcheff (William Theodore Kotcheff), has passed away at the age of 94. His name is associated with landmark films such as ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' which earned him the Golden..
Five former students in Prof. Andrey Daniel's class gather on his birthday to continue a conversation they once started in the 51st studio of the National Academy of Arts. "Thoughts in Material" is the title of the exhibition..
T he exhibition "Mount Athos in Drawings and Photographs" opens tonight at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Berlin . The authors are the artist Andrey Yanev and the professor of art semiotics Miroslav Dachev. Admission is free, the institute said...
Donvena Pandoursky, a Bulgarian ballet master with an impressive European career, graduated from the State Choreography School in Sofia in the late..
Opera prima Gabriela Georgieva is the "Musician of the Year 2024" in the national poll of the classical music show "Allegro Vivace" on the Bulgarian..
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