Robin LaMer-Rahija reads “Larry” by Ivan Hristov as translated by Angela Rodel.

From The Season of Delicate Hunger: Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry.

Ivan Hristov was born on February 16th, 1978 in Borovo. He holds a degree in Bulgarian philology from St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia and a Ph.D. in Bulgarian Modernism from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, where he currently works as a researcher in the Institute of Literature.

Selected Bibliography:

• Farewell to the 19th Century (as Сбогом деветнайсти век in 2001)
  • 2002 Southern Spring Award for best debut book
• Bdin (2004)
  • 2006 Svetlostroi Prize for poetry
• The Sagittarius Circle and the Concept of the Native (2010)
  • 2010 Bulgarian Ministry of Culture’s National Culture Fund winner