site.btaGeorgi Gospodinov's Novel "The Physics of Sorrow" Comes Out in Chinese

The bestselling and award winning novel The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov was published in Chinese, the author announced on Facebook on Saturday. 

"I'm happy to announce that as of this autumn it can now be read in the translation of Prof. Dr. Chen Ying. I will meditate on the hieroglyphs or logograms in the title, the most beautifully spelled title yet," Gospodinov writes.

Georgi Gospodinov was born on 7 January 1968 in the southeastern city of Yambol. He graduated with a degree in Bulgarian studies from Sofia University and holds a PhD in New Bulgarian Literature from the Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Among the awards he has received are "Askeer" in 2010, "Bulgarian Novel of the Year" in 2013, "Stoyan Mihailovsky" in 2015, "Hristo G. Danov" in 2023, and others.

Georgi Gospodinov is the author of books of poetry and prose, including Lapidarium, The Cherry Three of a Nation, Letters to Gaustin, And Other Stories, published in French in 2003, Selected Stories, The Invisible Crises, The Inventory Book of Socialism, among others.

Georgi Gospodinov's first novel, Natural Novel, was published in 1999. Over the years, Natural Novel has been reprinted many times and translated into more than 20 languages, including French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Czech, etc.

The Physics of Sorrow was his second novel and it was presented at the Apollonia Arts Festival on September 3, 2011.

Time Shelter is the author's third novel, published in 2020. In 2021, it was selected as the Bulgarian novel of the year in the National Endowment Fund's 13 Centuries of Bulgaria competition. In 2023, Time Shelter became the first Bulgarian-language novel to both be nominated for and win the International Booker Prize in 2023.

The Gardener and Death is Gospodinov's fourth novel.