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Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev (Bulgarian: Георги Господинов Георгиев; born 7 January 1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright. His novel Time Shelter received the 2023 International Booker Prize , shared with translator Angela Rodel , as well as the Strega European Prize .
Time Shelter is Gospodinov's third novel to be published in English. [10] In an interview with The Booker Prizes, Gospodinov revealed that his inspiration came from the rise of the populism movement in 2016, as well as Brexit, and that his writing was influenced by writers Thomas Mann and Jorge Luis Borges. [11]
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for “Time Shelter,” a darkly comic novel about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia.
This year, Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel, took home the 2023 International Booker Prize. Gospodinov becomes the first Bulgarian author to win the ...
In 1993, the "Booker of Bookers" prize was awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight's Children (the 1981 winner) as the best novel to win the award in its first 25 years. Midnight's Children also won a public vote in 2008, on the prize's fortieth anniversary, for "The Best of the Booker". In 2018 a special "Golden Booker" was awarded celebrating ...
Griffin Poetry Prize: Best Poetry Book Roger Reeves: Best Barbarian [262] Best First Poetry Book Emily Riddle: The Big Melt: International Booker Prize: Georgi Gospodinov with Angela Rodel (translator) Time Shelter [263] International Dublin Literary Award: Katja Oskamp with Jo Heinrich (translator) Marzahn, Mon Amour [264] Lambda Literary ...
Books that have been awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. See also Category:Booker Prize winners for the authors. Pages in category "Booker Prize–winning works"
The Golden Man Booker was a special one-off prize awarded in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Booker Prize. All of the previous 51 winning titles since the Booker's inception in 1969 were eligible. [1] Five judges read the books from each relevant decade and chose a title which to be pitted against the judges' other choices.