Background
Khristo Poshtakov was born in Pavlikeni, a town in the northern central part of Bulgaria.
Khristo Poshtakov was born in Pavlikeni, a town in the northern central part of Bulgaria.
In 1974, he graduated from the Technical University of Sofia as a mechanical engineer
His later work occupations include acting as a technical advisor at the Ministry of Food Industry in Havana, Cuba, from 1979 till 1984. Director of a holding company and later a bus company in Bulgaria. Deputy-chairman of the Board of Directors of Balkan President AD Limited. in Sofia.
Up to 1998, Poshtakov worked as a translator for the Sara Translation House in Sofia.
He retired officially in 2008, but has kept producing translations and writing his own works. He was the first chairman of the Bulgarian Fantastika Foundation, representing Bulgarian science fiction fandom worldwide.