The celebrations of the 158th anniversary of the birth of the emblematic Bulgarian writer Aleko Konstantinov began today in his native town Svishtov. The Aleko Literary Prize was awarded for the 54th time. This year’s winner of the distinction for a humorous short story is Serbian psychiatrist, aphorist and writer Slobodan Simic. He was awarded for his feuilleton entitled “Theory of Relativity”, BNR’s Horizon channel reported. This year, the Aleko International Competition received 78 short stories by 42 writers from 14 countries, including Bulgaria, Serbia, France, the United States, Russia, Switzerland, Portugal, Macedonia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Turkey, Canada …read more
Source:: Radio Bulgaria
