Gospodinov with the main prize of Another Story festival

On October 1st and 2nd, the Literary Festival Another Story was held for the sixth time at the Pioneer Home Karpos, Skopije. The subtitle of this regional literary forum is Small Fictions. The festival seeks to affirm experimental literary forms and meetings of literature with other media. 

This year's winner of the main prize of Another Story Festival is the prominent Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov. 

"A few years ago he made a picture book with his daughter, a very unusual, experimental project quickly published in our country by Ili-ili. That was another argument why he should receive the award. Otherwise he is known for his openness to play and experiment with literature, for example, he has a recent book All My Bodies with very short stories, a great book. Gospodinov also writes poetry, essays and in a way constantly plays between philosophy, literature, word games, pictures, so he is an ideal recipient of the Another Story Award. Besides, he is one of the five or six writers from the region who are the most translated in the West and I think we have made the right decision. We are proud of all the winners and we want to present the region in the best light, but not in a conventional sense - somebody who sells most books. Gospodinov is the most translated, but he is one of those writers who question the role of literature in society and that is important to us - those messages that are more than literature", said Nikola Gelevski, writer and editor-in-chief of the Templum Publishing House that is responsible for the festival.