Contest for Translation and Publication in the US
The winning titles of the 2011 annual novel contest for writers of the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, organized jointly with Open Letter Books, US, are: Angel Igov’s A Short Tale of Shame and Zachary Karabashliev’s 18% Gray. The translator of these two submissions is Angela Rodel. Both novels have been selected for publication. Those of the
Read MoreTranslators’ Residency at Istros Books, UK
The Elizabeth Kostova Foundation (BG) and Istros Books (UK) are very pleased to annouce the names of the two translators who have been distinguished in the contest for Translators’ Residency Fellowship at Istros Books: Angela Rodel and Olga Nikolova.
Read MoreBulgarian Novel of the Year: “Losers’ Summer” by Galin Nikiforov
Losers’ Summer by Galin Nikiforov won the 2010 Bulgarian Novel of the Year Award of the National Endowment Fund 13 Centuries Bulgaria.
Read More“Thriving on the Periphery” by Kapka Kassabova
Within minutes of arriving in a packed Sofia University hall to receive the latest of his honorary doctorates, Orhan Pamuk addressed the elephant in the room: life on the periphery of Europe. He knows that, European Union or not, in a place like Sofia (which he generously likened to a small Istanbul), the sense of being a province has wounded the collective
Read MoreRead “Returning to the Hague” by Georgi Tenev
Read Returning to the Hague by Georgi Tenev published online in GRANTA.
Premiere of the movie “Holy Light” at the 15 Sofia International Film Festival
The premiere of the movie Holy Light (2011), written and directed by Georgi Tenev, based on the same-named book, will take place on March 9, 2011, within the 15 Sofia International Film Festival.
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