Vladimir POLEGANOV

2016 Resident

Europe
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria

Bulgarian

Vladimir POLEGANOV (fiction writer, screenwriter, translator; Bulgaria) translates between Bulgarian and English. He also teaches a course on fantasy fiction at Sofia University, where he is working towards a Ph.D in Bulgarian literature. His most recent novel, [The Other Dream], will come out in 2016. He participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

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We mourn the passing of the distinguished Yugoslav novelist, essayist, and thinker Dubravka Ugrešić, the recipient, among many other honors, of the 2016 Neustadt Prize. It has been a point of pride for us to say that we have hosted her. Rest in peace.
Between 4/4-13, 2023, Mircea Cărtărescu will tour the US to read from his novel Solenoid, in Sean Cotter’s translation.
On the list for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction, open to “any woman writing in English, regardless of nationality, country of residence, age or subject matter…for a full-length novel published in the UK between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023,” is IWP‘s longstanding colleague Jennifer CROFT.
The just-out March 2023 issue of World Literature Today features pieces on or by alumni Adisa Bašić, Tanure Ojaide, Orhan Pamuk, Alexander Skidan, and Buket Uzuner.
Among its 30 top bestsellers for January 2023, Beijing’s Open Book list features four titles by Yu Hua, and one each by Mo Yan, Chi Zijian, and Feng Jicai.

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