My Stories (1973 – 2023). Volume 2
There are few servants of the Word in our country today who are able to resist vanity and not deviate from the path on which their talent has led them. And on this path, if you remain true to your nature and indifferent to the temptations of time, you will meet and recognize the people who are your brothers in blood, mind and pen.
Who are they in this second volume of Georgi Borisov's "My Stories"?
Konstantin Pavlov, Boris Hristov, Radoy Ralin, Yordan Radichkov, Petar Uvaliev, Miryana Basheva, Vera Mutafchieva, Nikola Radev, Alek Popov and Deyan Enev, Sevda Sevan, Bozhana Apostolova, Krasimir Damyanov and Vladi Kirov, Kiril Kadiyski and Georgi Gospodinov, Rumen Leonidov, Svetlin Rusev and Georgi Chapkanov, Yulia Ognyanova, Katya Paskaleva and Ivan Rosenov, Plamen Maslarov and Stefan Dimitrov, Georgi Trifonov, Rusi Chanev, Pavel Vasev and Al. Morfov, Georgi Markov’s wife – Annabel, and his cousin Lyuben, Albert Camus’ daughter – Catherine, the legendary human rights activist Vladimir Bukovsky, Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer, American poets Roland Flint and John Balaban, Russian writers Yuz Aleshkovsky, Viktor Erofeev, Evgeniy Popov, Prigov, Limonov, Vladimir Sharov, Anatoly Korolyov, Mikhail Shishkin.
And after all this extraordinary gallery of images and characters – the wide open doors to a life rich in travels, encounters and adventures in the last section of this volume, entitled “I have traveled a lot of land”: from the great European capitals to the sands of the Sahara and the Gulf of Mexico. Nature and history, customs and traditions, street scenes, museums and theatrical performances – what a dizzying kaleidoscope of multi-colored images, through which everyone can see what they are looking for.
Georgy Borisov
Georgi Borisov (b. 1950) – poet and translator, long-time editor and publisher of the legendary magazine Fakel, is one of the outstanding figures in contemporary Bulgarian literature. Founder and director of the publishing houses "Fakel" and "Fakel Express", chief playwright of the Ivan Vazov National Theater (2009–2016), he is the author of eleven poetry books, as well as the essay collections "The Crazy Wagon", awarded the first prize for humanities by "Portal Kultura" (2002) “for his “unmeasured speech”, which expands the boundaries of Bulgarian literature”, and "Hiatus. To the Navel of the Earth and Back" (co-authored with Anatoly Korolyov).
He translates Russian, French and English poets. He is the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the Vladimir Bashev Award for his first collection of poems, the Ivan Nikolov and Nikola Furnadzhiev national awards, the Orpheus Wreath Award for "extremely high achievements in contemporary Bulgarian poetry", and the Peroto Grand Prize for "comprehensive contribution to the Bulgarian literary context".
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