In "The Cosmonauts Are Just Passing by" a little girl makes great plans for her own future: to become Yuri Gagarin, and then Kurt Cobain, or at least a partisan like her grandfather, so that adults allow her to plant a pine tree in the schoolyard and thus to impress Konstanza, her eternal friend or her greatest enemy. And, as the girl changes her idols who always die under vague circumstances, and while she amasses experience and disappointments, her personal story is unmistakably associated with her country's story shortly before the big democratic outburst.
"The Cosmonauts Are Just Passing by" is kind of an autofiction written with self-irony and sad humor, with which Elitza Gueorgieva starts a promising literary career. After the novel fascinated the French readers with the naive wisdom of its heroine, now it will undoubtedly warm the hearts of Elitza's compatriots in Bulgaria.
Elitza Gueorgieva (France/Bulgaria) is an author of documentary films, performer, and writer. She was born in Sofia and has been living and working in Paris for the past 15 years. After completing her M.A. in Cinema, she worked as an assistant director and editor for a number of production companies. She also authored a number of documentaries, namely Waiting for, and Every Wall Is a Door (2 Specials Mentions of the jury of Cinéma du réel in Paris).
Elitza Gueorguieva is also a writer. Her first novel "The Cosmonauts Are Just Passing by" was published in September 2016 by the Éditions Verticales (Award SDGL André Dubreuil for first novel). In addition, she has published short texts in different literary magazines (Dyonisies, Jef Klak et Vue sur cour). Elitza is a regular performer of literary texts on different stages and in various forums (le Tarmac, Le Théâtre Ouvert, le Khiasma, le Festival Hors-Limites, la Maison de la poésie in Paris, Paris en toutes lettres, etc).
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