Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Writer Georgi Gospodinov wins Zinklar Award

Photo: archive

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is this year's winner of the Zinklar Award. The Zinklar Award is given to a Danish or a foreign short story writer appointed by the Danish Writers Association, BNT reported. The award has been bestowed since 2013. It is named after the Danish writer Finn Zinklar who willed his fortune to a prize to be awarded to eminent writers of short stories from all over the world. British writer Julian Barnes, American authors Lydia Davis and Lorrie Moore and German writer Judith Hermann are among the winners of Zinklar Award.

The winner of Zinklar Award is selected by a Danish jury composed of writers and critics. The award will be presented at a special ceremony in Copenhagen on September 10. The award is to the tune of DKK 100,000




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Peaceful protest in front of the courthouse in Novi Sad, August 21, 2025

Balkan developments

Peaceful protests were held in Serbia against the detention of demonstrators Students and citizens staged a peaceful protest in front of the court building and the prosecutor’s office in Novi Sad, calling for the release of all arrested..

published on 8/22/25 12:25 PM

“Rescue Clubs for the Future” successfully assist in responding to various types of disasters

According to statistics from the Executive Forest Agency, between 2010 and 2024, there were 7,115 forest fires in Bulgaria , affecting 92,694 hectares of land. Data for the current year is not yet available. Over 90% of all fires are caused by human..

published on 8/21/25 1:37 PM
Dr. Lyuba Atanasova

Lyuba Atanasova has been teaching Bulgarian to Chinese students for 13 years

“Learn with an open mind; Serve a great cause” - this is the motto that guides the Beijing Foreign Studies University in the Chinese capital. The higher education institution, founded in 1941, today teaches 101 foreign languages,..

published on 8/20/25 8:38 PM