Georgi Tenev
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Georgi Tenev is a Bulgarian novelist, short story writer, playwright and film/TV screenwriter.
Major topics in Tenev’s works are the cultural and ideological void in the post-totalitarian societies and the consequent emerging of counter-cultures; the fall of utopias and the social amnesias. Recurring narratives in his novels and plays are also quasi-religion and disbelief, barbarism and revolution, the Holocaust, problem of evil, theodicy
. In his recent writings he often addresses environmental issues.
His collection Holy Light (Altera, 2009) is a book of science fiction short stories featuring mainly issues of political correctness/incorrectness and biopolitics
treated in a provocative way: racism, ownership over human’s reproductive functions, sexual difference, discrimination, violence. Other topics addressed in the story collection are pain and eroticism and different political and cultural values attributed to sexuality. In 2010 translator Angela Rodel was awarded with a PEN Translation Grant to support the translation of the book.
Tenev’s novel Party Headquarters
(Altera 2007) deals with the social paradoxes of the post-communist Bulgarian society. The key metaphor here is the Chernobyl disaster
. It won the Vick Foundation
Award for Novel of the Year (2007). "Georgi Tenev examines the most recent past by avoiding taboos and using distinct words - it is a philosophical dealing with memory which uses powerful imagery."
In August 2011 "Returning to the Hague" from the Holy Light collection was published in the online edition of Granta
.
Major topics in Tenev’s works are the cultural and ideological void in the post-totalitarian societies and the consequent emerging of counter-cultures; the fall of utopias and the social amnesias. Recurring narratives in his novels and plays are also quasi-religion and disbelief, barbarism and revolution, the Holocaust, problem of evil, theodicy
Theodicy
Theodicy is a theological and philosophical study which attempts to prove God's intrinsic or foundational nature of omnibenevolence , omniscience , and omnipotence . Theodicy is usually concerned with the God of the Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, due to the relevant...
. In his recent writings he often addresses environmental issues.
His collection Holy Light (Altera, 2009) is a book of science fiction short stories featuring mainly issues of political correctness/incorrectness and biopolitics
Biopolitics
The term "biopolitics" or "biopolitical" can refer to several different yet often compatible concepts.-Definitions:# In the work of Michel Foucault, the style of government that regulates populations through "biopower" .# In the works of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, anti-capitalist insurrection...
treated in a provocative way: racism, ownership over human’s reproductive functions, sexual difference, discrimination, violence. Other topics addressed in the story collection are pain and eroticism and different political and cultural values attributed to sexuality. In 2010 translator Angela Rodel was awarded with a PEN Translation Grant to support the translation of the book.
Tenev’s novel Party Headquarters
Party Headquarters
Party Headquarters is a novel by Georgi Tenev , awarded with Vick Foundation . The plot evolves around the big change brought about by the collapse of the Communist Regime in Bulgaria. The novel addresses emblematic events of the 80’s and 90’s – the Chernobyl disaster, the anticommunist protests,...
(Altera 2007) deals with the social paradoxes of the post-communist Bulgarian society. The key metaphor here is the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
. It won the Vick Foundation
Vick Foundation
The Vick Foundation was established by Edward Vick in February 2004 to award an annual prize for best Bulgarian novel. Vick's initiative was acclaimed by those who saw in the prize a new opportunity for the Bulgarian literature after almost 15 years of standstill...
Award for Novel of the Year (2007). "Georgi Tenev examines the most recent past by avoiding taboos and using distinct words - it is a philosophical dealing with memory which uses powerful imagery."
In August 2011 "Returning to the Hague" from the Holy Light collection was published in the online edition of Granta
Granta
Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centers on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated, "In its blend of...
.
Books
Books by Tenev include: Altera 2008 trilingual edition - ISBN 978-954-9757-17-0- Party HeadquartersParty HeadquartersParty Headquarters is a novel by Georgi Tenev , awarded with Vick Foundation . The plot evolves around the big change brought about by the collapse of the Communist Regime in Bulgaria. The novel addresses emblematic events of the 80’s and 90’s – the Chernobyl disaster, the anticommunist protests,...
(2007) ISBN 9549179230