On November 8 at 6:00 p.m., the Literary Club "Peroto" will present its annual awards. Traditionally, the Award for Overall Contribution to Bulgarian Literature will also be presented at the ceremony.
And here is the full list of nominees:
SHORT LIST FOR THE PEROTO LITERARY AWARDS, 2019
Category "Prose":
"Where the River Flows" by Chavdar Tsenov ("Janet 45", 2018)
"Holy Wolf" by Elena Alexieva ("Torch Express", 2018)
"Tonight Nothing is Accidental" by Palmi Ranchev ("Janet 45", 2018)
Category "Poetry":
"Notes of a Ghost Woman" by Yana Bukova ("Janet 45", 2018)
"Off-Season Observations" by Manol Glishev ("Black Flamingo", 2018)
"Book of Regrets and Consolations" by Tsocho Boyadzhiev ("Janet 45", 2019)
Category "Children's literature”:
“The Balcony” by Kalina Muhova and Zornitsa Hristova (“Tochitsa”, 2018)
“The Eagle, the Sparrow and the Capchuk” by Zornitsa Hristova and Anna Tsocheva (“Tochitsa”, 2018)
“The Robot Čapek on the Planet with Three Suns. Book One. Robot Adventures” by Marin Troshanov and Petar Stanimirov (“Kibea”, 2019)
Category “Debut”:
“The Clay Tsar” by Dobromir Baichev (“Razvitie”, 2018)
“Extreme. A Rocker’s Story with a Bus” by Ivan Stoilov (“Razvitie”, 2018)
“Technical Check” by Angel Ivanov (“Skalino”, 2018)
Category “Translation from Bulgarian to a Foreign Language”:
Elvira Borman-Nasonova for the translations from Bulgarian to German of “Invisibles” by Natalia Deleva, “Partien Dom” by Georgi Tenev and “Collection of Stories by Yordan D. Radichkov” (Nataliya Deleva: Übersehen, eta Verlag, 2018; Georgi Tenev: Parteipalast, eta Verlag, 2018; Yordan D. Radichkov: Leben, wo bist Du?, eta Verlag, 2019)
Magdalena Pitlak, translation from Bulgarian into Polish of “Physics of Sadness” by Georgi Gospodinow (Georgi Gospodinow: Fizyka smutku, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2018)
Hele Dalgaard, translation from Bulgarian into Danish of “And Other Stories” and “And Everything Became a Moon” by Georgi Gospodinow (Georgi Gospodinov: Blinde Vajsja og andre historier, Jensen & Dalgaard, 2018).
The jury was composed of: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Darin Tenev, Deyan Enev, Mirela Ivanova, Dr. Mitko Novkov and Sotir Gelev.
The “Pen” Literary Awards of the National Book Center, National Palace of Culture, are awarded annually to artists – writers, translators, literary specialists and researchers, with a contribution to the development of the contemporary Bulgarian literary context and the popularization of Bulgarian literature translated into foreign languages.
The awards were established in 2015 and bear the name of the “Pen” Literary Club – a literary symbol of the National Palace of Culture and host of the annual awards ceremony.
Source: National Palace of Culture
Photo: Milena Radeva
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