# Georgi Gospodinov > Georgi Gospodinov is the International Booker Prize winning author of Time Shelter. The novel is published in more than 35 languages. He became internationally known with Natural Novel and The Physics of Sorrow. Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context. Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`). ## Pages - [Bio](https://georgigospodinov.com/bio.md) - Georgi Gospodinov (1968) is a Bulgarian poet, writer, and playwright. One of the foremost European writers of today, says Alberto Manguel. Gospodinov’s debut novel, Natural Novel (1999), was published in 23 languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Icelandic. The New Yorke… - [Contact](https://georgigospodinov.com/contact.md) - g_gospodinov@yahoo.com - [Home](https://georgigospodinov.com/home.md) - Georgi Gospodinov is the International Booker Prize winning author of Time Shelter. The novel is published in more than 35 languages. He became internationally known with Natural Novel and The Physics of Sorrow. Gospodinov’s complex narratives are engaged with the topic of memory, empathy and the p… - [Testimonials](https://georgigospodinov.com/testimonials.md) - He’s funny, experimental, anarchic and profound. Political satire is inlaid with a profound philosophy of life and death. He’s a literary magician, a traveller, an astute observer of his home country and of contemporary Europe, of everyday life and global events. European Literature Network, Rosie… ## Posts - [Georgi Gospodinov on a U.S. Tour](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-on-a-u-s-tour.md) - Georgi Gospodinov presents The Man with Many Names on a U.S. Tour. - [Death and the Gardener - Best Foreign Book According to Spanish Critics](https://georgigospodinov.com/death-and-the-gardener-3.md) - 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 a jury composed o… - [Georgi Gospodinov becomes Doctor Honoris Causa in Paris](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-became-doctor-honoris-causa-in-paris.md) - 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.… - [Georgi Gospodinov in The Guardian: The books of my life](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-the-books-of-my-life.md) - 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 discuss the books that… - [Blind Vaysha](https://georgigospodinov.com/blind-vaysha.md) - Short animation based on Gospodinov’s short story, director is Theodore Ushev. Oscar Academy Award nominee for 2017, running time: 8 minutes - [Death and the Gardener](https://georgigospodinov.com/death-and-the-gardener-2.md) - 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, but the stages of dying a… - [Space opera](https://georgigospodinov.com/space-opera.md) - Opera. Libretto by Georgi Gospodinov, music by Aleksander Nowak, 2015 - [The Apocalypse Comes at 6 PM](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-apocalypse-comes-at-6-pm.md) - Theater. Play by Georgi Gospodinov, director: Genevieve de Mahy. Single Carrot Theater (Baltimore), 2014 - [Future Cancelled](https://georgigospodinov.com/future-cancelled.md) - Video installation. The iconic black airport departure board, but with destination: FUTURE. Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, 2018 - [The Slape Factory](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-slape-factory.md) - Social video project. Excerpts from Bulgarian films that contain violence against children. Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, 2015 - [Death and the Gardener](https://georgigospodinov.com/death-and-the-gardener.md) - novel, translated by Angela Rodel - ["The Gardener and Death" - the new book by Georgi Gospodinov](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-gardener-and-death-the-new-book-by-georgi-gospodinov.md) - The Gardener and Death is the new book by Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov, which will be on sale in book stores on August 27, Janet 45 publishing house said here on Friday. This is the author's first book after Time Shelter, which is the first Bulgarian-language novel to both be nominated for an… - [Time Shelter](https://georgigospodinov.com/time-shelter-2.md) - THE NEW YORK TIMES: What if We Could Relive Our Golden Ages? One of the more promising treatments for dementia has been "reminiscence therapy", which employs artifacts and photos to improve mood and awareness. Some have even built "dementia villages", which recreate settings from patients’ younger… - [Time Shelter](https://georgigospodinov.com/time-shelter.md) - novel, translated by Angela Rodel, W&N (UK), 2023 - [The Physics of Sorrow](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-physics-of-sorrow.md) - novel, translated by Angela Rodel, Open Letter Books (USA), 2015 - [I lived socialism](https://georgigospodinov.com/i-lived-socialism.md) - Memories of socialist times. А project by Diana Ivanova, Georgi Gospodinov, Rumen Petrov, Kalin Manolov. Janet 45, 2006 - [Natural Novel](https://georgigospodinov.com/natural-novel.md) - novel, translated by Zornitsa Hristova, Archive Press, 2005 - [Selected Stories](https://georgigospodinov.com/selected-stories.md) - short stories, Janet 45, 2022 - [Gospodinov Receives 2025 Vilenica International Literary Prize](https://georgigospodinov.com/gospodinov-receives-2025-vilenica-international-literary-prize.md) - 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… - [Death and the Gardener - the new book by Georgi Gospodinov](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-gardener-and-death-the-new-book-by-georgi-gospodinov-2.md) - Death and the Gardener is the new book by Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov, which will be on sale in book stores on August 27, Janet 45 publishing house said here on Friday. This is the author's first book after Time Shelter, which is the first Bulgarian-language novel to both be nominated for an… - [Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov Wins 2023 International Booker Prize](https://georgigospodinov.com/time-shelter-by-georgi-gospodinov-wins-2023-international-booker-prize.md) - The novel Time Shelter by Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is the 2023 winner of the International Booker Prize. The winner was announced by the jury chair, prize-winning French-Moroccan novelist Leila Slimani at a ceremony in London on May 23. Gospodinov shares the prize with the novel's transla… - [Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov was Shortlisted for the Booker Prize](https://georgigospodinov.com/time-shelter-by-georgi-gospodinov-was-shortlisted-for-the-booker-prize.md) - The novel Time Shelter has been named among six novels short-listed for the 2023 International Booker Prize. No other Bulgarian-language book has been nominated for the prestigious literary award. Gospodinov's novel is translated by Angela Rodel. The panel of judges is chaired by the prize-winning… - [Time Shelter is in the International Booker Prize 2023 longlisted](https://georgigospodinov.com/time-shelter-is-in-the-international-booker-prize-2023-longlisted.md) - Time Shelter of Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is on the longlist for the 2023 International Booker Prize. No other Bulgarian-language book has been nominated for the International Booker Prize. Gospodinov's novel is translated by Angela Rodel. The longlist includes 13 works selected from among… - [All Our Bodies](https://georgigospodinov.com/all-our-bodies.md) - ultrashort stories, Janet 45, 2018 - [Georgi Gospodinov’s Natural Novel won the Athens Literature Prize](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinovs-natural-novel-won-the-athens-literature-prize.md) - Natural Novel by Georgi Gospodinov won the Athens Grand Prix for Literature, the writer said. Georgi Gospodinov’s name was announced today at a ceremony in the Greek capital. The Bulgarian writer won a competition with authors such as Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke, Julian Barnes, Manuel Villas, B… - [Gospodinov's Time Shelter Tops Prestigeous Italian Ranking of Translated Books](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinovs-time-shelter-tops-prestigeous-italian-ranking-of-translated-books.md) - The novel Time Shelter by renowned Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov topped a prestigeous Italian ranking for translated books, reported L'Indiscreto. It won the most votes in a poll among 620 Italian critics, culture journalists, writers and translators, who were asked to name their favourite tra… - ["Give a Book for Christmas" Initiative Begins for 15th Consecutive Year](https://georgigospodinov.com/give-a-book-for-christmas-initiative-begins-for-15th-consecutive-year.md) - For the 15th year in a row, renowned Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov urges Bulgarians to choose books for Christmas gifts. Entitled "Give a Book for Christmas", the initiative is not backed up by any organizations or sponsors. "It is my little personal campaign", he said in a Facebook post. Gosp… - [Gospodinov's novel Time Shelter won the Premio Strega Europeo](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinovs-novel-time-shelter-won-the-premio-strega-europeo.md) - Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is the winner of the most prestigious Italian literary award Premio Strega Europeo. He is the first Bulgarian and the first writer from Eastern Europe to receive it. The award was presented at a ceremony in Turin on 17 October as the final highlight of the Interna… - [A novel by Gospodinov is being launched in French by Gallimard](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinovs-time-shelter-tops-prestigeous-italian-ranking-of-translated-books-2.md) - The novel Le pays de passe (Time Shelter) is published by one of the most prominent French publishing houses Gallimard. Marie Vrinat-Nokolov is the translator of the novel. The Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is in the company of Joyce, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Pasternak, llosa. - [Gospodinov with the main prize of Another Story festival](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-with-the-main-prize-of-another-story-festival.md) - 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 yea… - [Cronorifugio is shortlisted for Premio Strega Europeo](https://georgigospodinov.com/cronorifugio-is-shortlisted-for-premio-strega-europeo.md) - Cronorifugio (the Italian version of Time Shelter) is shortlisted for Premio Strega Europeo. This is second nomination for Gospodinov after The Physics of Sorrow was shortlisted for the same prize in 2014. - [Georgi Gospodinov wins Danish Literary Award](https://georgigospodinov.com/bulgarian-writer-georgi-gospodinov-wins-danish-literary-award.md) - Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is this year's winner of the Danish literature award Zinklar for his Blind Vaysha and other stories. A jury of writers and critics said that reading Gospodinov "is like traveling in a time machine offering a mind-expanding journey through the maelstrom of history… - [Time Shelter is the Novel of the Year in Bulgaria](https://georgigospodinov.com/time-shelter-by-georgi-gospodinov-is-the-novel-of-the-year.md) - Time Shelter won the Novel of the Year National Literary Award given by the Foundation "13 Centuries Bulgaria". - [The Physics of Sorrow in Modern World Literature cource](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-physics-of-sorrow-in-modern-world-literature-cource.md) - The aim of these course is to introduce the students the subjectively selected novels among the most important masterpieces of 20th century world literature. Pointing out the main streams and models of modern literature as well as the main models of cultural analysis of literature works is no less… - [Usedom Literary Award 2021 for Georgi Gospodinov](https://georgigospodinov.com/usedom-literary-award-2021-for-georgi-gospodinov.md) - Watch the ceremony - [My playlist: Georgi Gospodinov](https://georgigospodinov.com/my-playlist-georgi-gospodinov.md) - Watch Georgi Gospodinov in "My playlist"! - [Usedom Literary Award 2021 for Georgi Gospodinov](https://georgigospodinov.com/usedom-literary-award-2021-for-georgi-gospodinov-2.md) - Georgi Gospodinov will receive a new high acknowledgement for his contribution to the European literature. The writer will be awarded the Usedom Literary Prize in Germany. Its jury this year is presided by the Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. According to the jury statement, Georgi Gospodinov is… - [Natural Novel in Top 100 for the best books from Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia](https://georgigospodinov.com/natural-novel-in-top-100-for-the-best-books-from-eastern-europe-russia-and-central-asia.md) - Natural Novel (translated by Zornitsa Hristova, Dalkey Archive Press, 2005) was chosen in Top 100 together with writers like Bulgakov, Milan Kundera, Ivo Andric, Danilo Kis, Dostoevski, Gogol, Hrabal, Celan, Cioran, Dovlatov, Tokarczuk, Ugresic... "We asked writers, poets, translators and academics… - [The Physics of Sorrow with a new edition in Poland and words by Olga Tokarczuk](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-physics-of-sorrow-with-a-new-edition-in-poland-and-words-by-olga-tokarczuk.md) - The Physics of Sorrow has already become a part of the European literary canon, wrote Olga Tokarczuk, the Nobel Prize winner. Her words are on the front cover of Georgi Gospodinov’s novel. The news is that after the first print run was over, now the book comes out in Poland for a second time, in ha… - [A miracle is a very personal thing](https://georgigospodinov.com/a-miracle-is-a-very-personal-thing.md) - ...That is why this holiday is beautiful. Because we celebrate the coming of a child. And when there is a child, all of us become children. And fathers and mothers. Each of us is Jesus, each of us is Joseph, each of us is Mary. This is not blasphemy; it is the meaning and the miracle of life. And a… - [Gallimard has chosen Gospodinov’s Time Shelter](https://georgigospodinov.com/gallimard-has-chosen-gospodinovs-time-shelter.md) - The weighty publishing house Gallimard has bought the rights of Georgi Gospodinov’s novel Time Shelter. The book is expected to come out in France next year translated by Marie Vrinat-Nikolov. The novel has already been sold into 12 languages in the year of its publication. In the US Time Shelter w… - [Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel, EKF Gala 2020](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-and-angela-rodel-ekf-gala-2020.md) - Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel - how to translate sorrow and first reading from Time Shelter in English. - [Georgi Gospodinov Interview: Literature develops empathy](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-interview-literature-develops-empathy.md) - Leading Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov - author of the widely translated masterpiece The Physics of Sorrow - here talks about literature’s resilient quality and its close connection to science and empathy. "After all, we are made of books we have read" Louisiana Literature Festival, Copenhagen,… - [Georgi Gospodinov wins Angelus Central European Literature Award 2019](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-wins-angelus-central-european-literature-award-2019.md) - On Saturday 19 October in Wrocław, Angelus Central European Literature Award was presented for the 14th time, the most important distinction for writers from Central Europe whose books were published in Polish. This year, for the first time the winner is a writer coming from Bulgaria. The jury awar… - [Georgi Gospodinov wins Jan Michalski Prize 2016](https://georgigospodinov.com/georgi-gospodinov-wins-jan-michalski-2016.md) - The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature is attributed each year by the Foundation to crown a work of world literature. An original feature of the Prize is its multicultural nature. It is open to authors from the world over and is intended to contribute to their international recognition. The Prize w… - [The Physics of Sorrow](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-new-yorker-2015.md) - THE NEW YORKER, 2015 The Bulgarian Sadness of Georgi Gospodinov By Garth Greenwell In December, 2010, The Economist published an article on "the geography of happiness" which declared Bulgaria - at that time (along with Romania) the newest, and perhaps most maligned, member of the E.U. - "the sadde… - [Blind Vaysha](https://georgigospodinov.com/blind-vaysha-2.md) - story with drawings by Theodore Ushev, Janet 45, 2017 - [The Story Smuggler](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-story-smuggler.md) - memoir, translated by Kristina Kovacheva, Dan Gunn, illustrated by Theodore Ushev, 2016 - [Where We Are Not](https://georgigospodinov.com/where-we-are-not.md) - poetry, Janet 45, 2016 - [Weddings of Animals and Things](https://georgigospodinov.com/weddings-of-animals-and-things.md) - children book with Raya Gospodinova, Janet 45, 2015 - [And All Turned Moon](https://georgigospodinov.com/and-all-turned-moon.md) - short stories, Janet 45, 2013 - [The Invisible Crises](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-invisible-crises.md) - essays, Janet 45, 2013 - [The Ethernal Fly](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-ethernal-fly.md) - graphic novel with Nikola Toromanov, Janet 45, 2010 - [D.J., The Apocalypse Comes at 6 PM](https://georgigospodinov.com/d-j-the-apocalypse-comes-at-6-pm.md) - plays, Janet 45, 2010 - [Oh, Henry](https://georgigospodinov.com/oh-henry.md) - Christmas stories, Janet 45, 2007 - [Ballads and Maladies](https://georgigospodinov.com/baladies-and-maladies.md) - poetry anthology, Janet 45, 2007 - [The Inventory Book of Socialism](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-inventory-book-of-socialism.md) - with Yana Genova, Prozorets, 2006 / second edition Janet 45, 2025 - [Letters to Gaustin](https://georgigospodinov.com/letters-to-gaustin.md) - poetry, Janet 45, 2003 - [Natural Novel](https://georgigospodinov.com/natural-novel-2.md) - THE NEW YORKER, 2005 Gospodinov’s anarchic, experimental début concerns a young writer, the narrator, whose marriage breaks up after his wife becomes pregnant by someone else. But this plot is little more than the framework for a lively assortment of fragments—dreams, lists, projected attempts to w… - [And Other Stories](https://georgigospodinov.com/and-other-stories.md) - short stories, translated by Alexis Levitin and Magdalena Levy, Northwestern University Press, Illinois (US), 2007 - [The Cherry Tree of a Nation](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-cherry-tree-of-a-nation.md) - poetry, Free poetry society, 1996 / Janet 45, 2003 - [The Story Smuggler](https://georgigospodinov.com/the-story-smuggler-2.md) - TONY`S READING LIST - Review by Tony Malone The Story Smuggler (translated by Kristina Kovacheva and Dan Gunn) is Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov’s personal take on youth, writing and the untranslatable concept of Тъга (‘taga’), a sense of melancholy that pervades his native land. Over twenty-fi… - [Lapidarium](https://georgigospodinov.com/lapidarium.md) - poetry, Modus Stoyanov, 1992 ## Optional - [RSS Feed](https://georgigospodinov.com/rss/) - [Sitemap](https://georgigospodinov.com/sitemap.xml) - [Full content of pages and posts](https://georgigospodinov.com/llms-full.txt)