Georgi Gospodinov

Georgi Gospodinov (b. 1968), is a leading Bulgarian writer, and the author of Natural Novel and The Physics of Sorrow among many other books. He is the recipient of the Central European Angelus Award (2019), the Jan Michalski Prize (2016) and many other accolades. Recently, Gospodinov was awarded the Usedom Prize (Germany, 2021) for his contribution to European literature. His latest novel, Time Shelter (2020) and has been translated into more than 20 languages. In 2021, it won the prestigious Italian Premio Strega Europeo Award.