Three Percent & Open Letter: “Thrown into Nature” by Milen Ruskov
http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=2993
Read MoreWinner announcement
The Contest for Contemporary Bulgarian Writers was won by Milen Rouskov. The outcome of the contest will be a publication of his novel Thrown into Nature in English by Open Letter Books in 2011 and introduction of the book for acquisition on Canongate’s list.
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Sozopol Fiction Seminar 2010
Fiction Writers Review has just published a reflection by four of the native English speaking fellows who participated at the last Sozopol Fiction Seminar. The full coverage, edited by one of our 2009 fellows, Jeremiah Chamberlin, is available online here.
Read MoreNikolay Boykov, “for Ventsi”, “Dream of the Wall and Key”
Another writer who attended the 2010 Sozopol Fiction Seminar and then wrote a poem about it is Niki Boikov. In fact he wrote two, both of which are reproduced here in my translation. The second is dedicated to the important Australian writer Alex Miller, an inspiring member of this year’s faculty.
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Contest for Contemporary Bulgarian Writers
The contest is for publication of contemporary Bulgarian novel in English language.
Eligibility
All candidates should be Bulgarian citizens with at least one published novel. Each writer can apply with one translated excerpt from a novel.
Ivan Dimitrov, “the plastic bags of your winter”
Another poem inspired by the Sozopol Fiction Seminar, this time by Ivan Dimitrov, one of the Bulgarian fellows. Ivan is a multi-talented young Bulgarian author, who has published a novel, Животът като липсваща лъжица (Life as a Missing Spoon, Altera 2010), and a book of short stories, Местни чужденци (Local Foreigners, Ars 2010). He also has a very curious eye as a photographer. Some of his photographs can be seen on the following blog. Catch up with his writing here.
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