Bulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize 2023 for darkly comic memory novel

Bulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize 2023 for darkly comic memory novel

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Category : Awards Published on: May 27 2023

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  • Georgy Gospodinov won the winner's trophy after his book "Time Shelter", translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodale
  • Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on May 2023 for Time Shelter, a darkly comic novel about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia.
  • The book beat five other finalists to the prize, which recognizes fiction from around the world that has been translated into English. The 50,000 pounds ($62,000) in prize money is divided between author and translator.
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