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Ivan Hristov (writer)

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Ivan Christoff ( Ivan Hristov )(born February, 1978 in Borovo, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian poet, and critic. His first book of poetry, Sbogom devetnajsti vek (Farewell to the 19th century), was published in 2001 and won the prestigious 2002 Southern Spring award for the best debut book. His second book of poetry, Bdin, was published in 2004 and received critical acclaim, as well as the 2006 Svetlostroi Prize for poetry. His work has been translated into English, Croatian, German, Turkish, Greek, Romanian and Hungarian. Ivan has participated in numerous poetry festivals abroad including: Ars Poetica in Bratislava in 2007; the Goran Springs Festival in Croatia in 2009, where he received first prize in the Poetry Marathon in Hvar; Dasein in Athens, Greece; and Word Express, a project for literary exchange in South-East Europe. Ivan Christoff is also a leading literary critic of his generation with numerous academic publications; his book-length research study, The Sagittarius Circle: The Idea of the Native, won the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture’s National Culture Fund competition and was published in 2009. Ivan Christoff currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Bibliography

  • Farewell to the 19th century (2001) - Sofia: Academic Center for Literature and Culture, 30 pp. (A book of poetry.) Bulgaria
  • Bdin (2004) - Plovdiv: Janet 45, 48 pp. (A book of poetry.) Bulgaria
  • The Sagittarius Circle: The Idea of the Native (2009) - Sofia: Karina M, 270 pp. (research) Bulgaria
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