Deyan Enev (b. 11 August 1960) is a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n writer and journalist.

Biography

Deyan Enev was born in 1960 in Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

. He graduated from Sofia's First English Language School

First english language school

First English Language School was founded in 1958 in Sofia, Bulgaria as a specialized high school for education of English language as a foreign language to Bulgarian high school students. The school has occupied its current location at 60 Dondukov Street since 1960 and shares it with the 112th...

 and later completed a degree in Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University

Sofia University

The St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia or Sofia University is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria, founded on 1 October 1888...

 "St. Kliment Ohridski". He is married, with two children.

He has worked as a painter, night-shift hospital attendant, teacher, copywriter, and journalist. Presently, he works for the culture and arts section of Sega Daily.

Enev has published seven collections of short stories: "Chetivo za noshten vlak" ("Readings for the Night Train") (1987); "Konsko evangelie" (1992); "Lovec na hora" ("Man Hunter") (1994), winner of the Annual Award for Fiction of "Hristo Botev

Hristo Botev

Hristo Botev , born Hristo Botyov Petkov , was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Botev is widely considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero.-Early years:...

" Publishing House, translated in Norway

Norway

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 (1997); "Klaneto na petela" ("The Slaughtering of the Rooster") (1997); "Ezi-tura" ("Heads or Tails") (2000), National Award for Bulgarian Fiction "Hristo G. Danov

Hristo G. Danov

Hristo Gruev Danov was a Bulgarian enlightener, teacher and book publisher of the Bulgarian National Revival who is regarded as the father of organized book publishing in the Bulgarian lands and hailed as the "Bulgarian Gutenberg"...

" and the Annual Award for Literature of the Bulgarian Writers Union; "Gospodi, pomiluy" ("Kyrie Eleison" (Have Mercy on Us, Oh Lord)") (2004), the Big Award for New Bulgarian prose "Helikon; and "Vsichki na nosa na gemiyata" ("Everyone on the bow of the boat") (2005).

His first collection of short stories in English, Circus Bulgaria, came out in 2010 (Portobello Books, translated by Kapka Kassabova

Kapka Kassabova

Kapka Kassabova is a poet, essayist and travel writer who was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1973. After leaving Bulgaria as a teenager and living in England and New Zealand, she now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland....

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