Elena Alexieva (1975) is without a doubt one of the most emblematic contemporary Bulgarian authors. Her works have appeared in periodical publications and anthologies in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. Her short story collection Who was published in Spain (Nocturna Ediciones, 2010), followed by The Knight, the Devil and Death in Montenegro (Octoix, 2012) and The Nobel Laureate in France (Actes Sud, 2015). The Fun Fair, a short story which appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Elena’s novel Saint Wolf (2018) is the winner of the National Novel of the Year Award (2019) and the Peroto national award for Modern Bulgarian Fiction (2019). In 2023 her latest novel Vulcan has been listed for the Peroto national award for Modern Bulgarian Fiction.
Elena Alexieva
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