Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel win the International Booker Prize this year. As reported on the award website, they were awarded the prize for the novel "

It is noted that this is the first novel, originally published in Bulgarian, which received the International Booker..

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The novel talks about the " Each floor of the clinic reproduces a decade in great detail, taking patients into the past. But soon the past begins to infiltrate the present.

The head of the jury, French-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani called the winning book "

“This is a profound work dealing with a very contemporary question: what happens to us when our memories disappear.?

Georgi Gospodinov excels at coping with both individual and collective destinies, and it is this complex balance between the intimate and the universal that has convinced and moved us,” she added..

Gospodinov is one of the most translated and internationally recognized Bulgarian authors who started writing after the fall of communism. His works have been translated into 25 languages \u200b\u200bof the world.. Gospodinov's novels were shortlisted for a dozen European literary awards. In 2016 he was awarded the Jan Michalski Prize and in 2019 the Angelus Prize..

Recall that this year the novel by Andrey Kurkov "