(1966 - )
Alek Popov was born in Sofia. He studied at the National College for Ancient Languages and Cultures and graduated from Sofia University in Bulgarian Language and Literature. Popov has been editor, curator at the National Museum of Literature, Cultural Attaché at the Bulgarian Embassy in London, director of the House of Children’s Books in Sofia, editor-in-chief of Rodna rech magazine. He is secretary of the Bulgarian PEN Centre and member of the Association of Bulgarian Writers. Since 2012 Alek Popov is corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Science.
Since 1992 he has published a number of collections of short stories; he is author of the novels Misiya London [Mission London] (2001), Chernata kutiya [The Black Box] (2007), Sestri Palaveevi [The Palaveev Sisters] (2013), as well as the collection of essays Spatnik na radikalniya mislitel [A Radical Thinker’s Companion] (2005), of the radio plays Mazeto [The Basement] (1994), Buba lazi (1995), Mesaryat ot chervenata dolina [The Butcher of the Red Valley] (1996).
Alek Popov has received a number of awards, such as the Bulgarian Award for Science Fiction Graviton (1995), the Rashko Sugarev Award for Best Short Story (1999), the Helikon Prize for Best Fiction of the Year (for the collection of short stories Nivo za naprednali, 2002), the annual award of the magazine Clouds where excerpts of Mission London were published in 2004, the Ivan Radoev National Drama Award (for the play Mission London, 2005), the Elias Canetti Prize (Ruse) for the novel The Black Box (2007).
Popov’s works have been translated into English by Thomas McCarthy, Charles and Daniella de Luppe, Christopher Buxton, among others.
Since 1992 he has published a number of collections of short stories; he is author of the novels Misiya London [Mission London] (2001), Chernata kutiya [The Black Box] (2007), Sestri Palaveevi [The Palaveev Sisters] (2013), as well as the collection of essays Spatnik na radikalniya mislitel [A Radical Thinker’s Companion] (2005), of the radio plays Mazeto [The Basement] (1994), Buba lazi (1995), Mesaryat ot chervenata dolina [The Butcher of the Red Valley] (1996).
Alek Popov has received a number of awards, such as the Bulgarian Award for Science Fiction Graviton (1995), the Rashko Sugarev Award for Best Short Story (1999), the Helikon Prize for Best Fiction of the Year (for the collection of short stories Nivo za naprednali, 2002), the annual award of the magazine Clouds where excerpts of Mission London were published in 2004, the Ivan Radoev National Drama Award (for the play Mission London, 2005), the Elias Canetti Prize (Ruse) for the novel The Black Box (2007).
Popov’s works have been translated into English by Thomas McCarthy, Charles and Daniella de Luppe, Christopher Buxton, among others.
