Education
Sofia University.
Sofia University.
He has four poetry books awarded with national literary prizes. Volumes of his selected poetry came out in German (Kleines morgendliches Verbrechen, Droschl Verlag), Portuguese, Czechoslovakian, Macedonian. Gospodinov became internationally known by his Natural novel published in 21 languages, including English (Dalkey Archive Press, 2005), German, French, Spanish, Italian, et cetera
The New Yorker described it as an “anarchic, experimental debut”, according to The Guardian, it is “both earthy and intellectual”, Le Courrier (Geneve) calls it “a machine for stories.”
And Other Stories (2001), collection of short stories, came out in German, French, English, Italian and was longlisted for Frank O"Connor Award.
Physics of Sorrow is published in Italian, German, Serbian, and is forthcoming in English in the United States by Open Letter Books. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praised the novel as “a gorgeous work that should definitely be read”.
Georgi Gospodinov lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.
First of them, Lapidarium (1992), won the National Debut Prize. He is author of two plays, screenplays for short feature films, the last of which is Omelette (444’. Honorable Mention at the Sundance Film Festival 2009), and an art graphic novel The Eternal Fly (2010, with the artist North Toromanov). His new novel, Physics of Sorrow (2012), won three national awards for best fiction 2012-2013, among which the National Award for Best Novel of the Year 2013. According to Neue Zurcher Zeitung “with Physics of Sorrow Gospodinov launches not only the Bulgarian literature but also himself in the European writers’ first league.” In 2014, the Italian edition of the novel, Fisica della malinconia, Voland Edizioni, is shortlisted for Premio Strega Europeo and Premio Gregor von Rezzori. The German edition, Physik der Schwermut, Droschl Verlag, was a finalist for Internationaler Literaturpreis - Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Brücke Berlin Literaturund Übersetyerpreis.
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
