The ‘Prozart’ award, presented by the International Prose Festival ‘PRO-ZA Balkan’ to a prominent author for outstanding contribution to the development of the literature
in the Balkans, this year, 2016, by unanimous decision by the award Board is given to the extraordinary prose writer from Bulgaria, Georgi Gospodinov. Georgi Gospodinov is the most translated contemporary Bulgarian prose writer with numerous affirmative reviews from famous European and American literature critics, for his three novels : “Natural Novel”, “And other stories” and “Physic of sadness”. Ever since his student days because of his particular narrative voice, authentic storytelling style and unconventional humor, he was imposed
as an extraordinary name in the contemporary Bulgarian literature. Beside numerous literature awards, very quickly he gains a lot of fans in Europe and USA, as well as in Macedonia. This writer with a notable authors mark writes poetry as well, dramatic works and screenplays for short films, and this time
on PRO-ZA Balkan will be presented as unquestionably authentic novelist. It’s our honor that this year’s award
“Prozart” will go to this exceptional novelist and storyteller Georgi Gospodinov for his undoubted contribution to the development of the contemporary prose on the Balkans.

PROZART award board

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