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.
Burgas is the town where Bulgarian opera diva Raina Kabaivanska started her remarkable career on the world’s opera stages. That is why it is in Burgas that a photo exhibition has opened, tracing the life, career and charity work of the Bulgarian opera..
The Association of Bulgarian Cultural Organizations Abroad is the newest organization uniting Bulgarians around the world. 26 associations and 6 individual members are among the founders. "In Sofia we gave a start of the order..
At the height of the 'burning summer' — as author Georgi Gospodinov poetically described these sweltering days — Sofia played host to a remarkable cultural event. The exhibition, 'The Art of Collecting Time', opened at the former royal palace, which is..
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