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.
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.