Biography

Deyan Enev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He graduated from Sofia University, where he studied Bulgarian language and literature. He is married with two children. Among his various occupations are house-painter, hospital attendant, teacher, copywriter. As a journalist he has published over 2000 pieces, among them interviews, pieces of reporting, articles, essays, feuilletons, appearing in newspapers such as Maritza, Novinar, Express, Otechestven Front, Monitor, Sega, etc. Deyan Enev has published 12 short story collections so far. One of them – Everybody Standing on the Bow – was released in Austria (Deuticke) and UK (Portobello) under the title Circus Bulgaria. The English edition of this collection, translated by the Edinburgh residing Bulgarian writer Kapka Kassabova, was longlisted for the prestigious Frank O’Connor English language short story collection contest.

Excerpts

• The Bulgarian Lad from Alaska by Deyan Enev, translated by Christopher Buxton

Critical Reviews

• Heather McRobie about Circus Bulgaria by Deyan Enev
• Julian Evans about Circus Bulgaria by Deyan Enev

Contact

• Deyan Enev:
  E-mail: dodar@abv.bg

Related Links

• http://granta.bg
• http://www.guardian.co.uk
• http://www.cafebabel.fr
• http://www.cafebabel.it