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Days after winning one of the most prestigious literary awards "Booker", the writer Georgi Gospodinov is a special guest in "Kultura.BG" together with Pavel Vesnakov, director of the film "Georgi Gospodinov in the Sanctuary of Time".

Gospodinov told about the emotion after the great recognition and the interesting meetings with the people who came to congratulate him. Among them are famous authors from Bulgaria and abroad, Nobel laureates and the wife of Georgi Markov - Annabel, who exclaimed: "Georgi would like to see this and would be very pleased."

"We obviously need good things here, but the world needs to see something bright from here. Because the way major media outlets such as the Air Force, the Guardian, the New York Times reacted; the way they questioned about Bulgaria - they were happy and already knew about the joy in Bulgaria; The way we explained that we had such a holiday, that it was a country that could celebrate its language and that this state was not lost. And this also impressed them - that someone can enjoy a book in such a way, after all, this is not a football game.

I am very happy with all the readers who have stood and waited and watched the broadcast, I did not expect this.

When they announced the award, Angela Rodel and I looked at each other and said to each other at first, "Did you hear well, is this for us?" I thank her very much for being there for me at that moment and in general - she is a great translator," Gospodinov said.

See the first literary success of Georgi Gospodinov

He expressed hope that his success would open the door for young authors in our country.

"This award really opens up curiosity about other people, and I hope that subsequent writers will find it much easier and have a door ajar.

The most important thing is that you can talk about big things in a small language. We should not give up this self-esteem - we have the right to talk about the big things in the world without being exoticized or exoticizing ourselves.

For young people who write about others, we have to say it openly - it's a long way, it's hard physical and mental labor, it's many years of lonely writing, and in the movie what will be seen, this is exactly this loneliness. That's what remains invisible, usually," the writer shared.