Death and the Gardener - Best Foreign Book According to Spanish Critics
Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov has won the Spanish Critics’ Award for Best Foreign Book. The novel was honored at the 70th anniversary edition of one of Spain’s most important literary awards. It is the only prize granted to works in Spain’s four official languages by
Georgi Gospodinov becomes Doctor Honoris Causa in Paris
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov has been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) in Paris. Gospodinov was honored at a special ceremony on the evening of March 30 for his contribution to European and world literature. The ceremony took place
Georgi Gospodinov in The Guardian: The books of my life
Georgi Gospodinov: Jorge Luis Borges gave me an exhilarating sense of freedom
The Bulgarian Booker winner on the letter he wrote to JD Salinger, the allure of Homer’s Odyssey and the magic of Thomas Mann
THE BOOKS OF MY LIFE is a feature in The Guardian where leading authors
Death and the Gardener
THE NEW WORKER - By James Wood, 2025
A Bulgarian Novelist Explores What Dies When Your Father Does
Writing about a son’s vigil at his dying father’s bedside, Georgi Gospodinov examines what parents and their children reap and sow.
Grief may or may not have its five stages,
The Physics of Sorrow
novel, translated by Angela Rodel, Open Letter Books (USA), 2015
Selected Stories
short stories, Janet 45, 2022
Gospodinov Receives 2025 Vilenica International Literary Prize
The Vilenica International Literary Prize was awarded to Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov at a ceremony held on September 13 in the cave of the same name in Slovenia, Janet 45 publishing house announced.
"Literature and stories have life-saving power. They have the power to preserve humanity and are a
Blind Vaysha
story with drawings by Theodore Ushev, Janet 45, 2017