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Zdravka Evtimova (1959) is a Bulgarian writer and translator, winner of numerous literary accolades, including Bulgaria’s Favourite Writer at the eponymous show on Bulgarian TV in 2021. Her novels and short story collections have been published in Bosnia, Canada, China, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Iran, Italy, Spain, North Macedonia, Serbia, UK, and the USA. Her short story Vassil was one of the award winners in the BBC international short story competition. The short story Blood of a Mole is included in a literary anthology for middle school education in the USA as well as in Danish high school textbooks. The short story collection Pernik Stories won the Balkanika award for Best Book of the Year. Evtimova’s novel Thursday was published in Serbia in 2023 (Arhipelag), North Macedonia (Antolog, 2021) and is in the works for Czech. The novel The Same River hit the shelves in Bosnia in early 2024 (BuyBook) and her latest novel The Wolves of Staro Selo (awarded with the PEN Translates in the UK by December 2023) is forthcoming in early 2025 (Héloïse Press).
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