WRITER

Georgi Gospodinov

1968 - Today

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Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev (Bulgarian: Георги Господинов Георгиев; born 7 January 1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright. His novel Time Shelter received the 2023 International Booker Prize, shared with translator Angela Rodel, as well as the Strega European Prize. His novel The Physics of Sorrow received the Jan Michalski Prize and the Angelus Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgi Gospodinov has received more than 155,319 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Georgi Gospodinov is the 5,709th most popular writer (up from 5,934th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 267th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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  • 52.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 5,709 out of 7,302Before him are Antoni Słonimski, Conrad Hall, Henry Ward Beecher, Manuel Rivas, Peider Lansel, and Peter Morgan. After him are Sarmad Kashani, Dragutin Tadijanović, Karel van de Woestijne, Joe Orton, Ralf König, and Anna Kavan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 279Before him are Cecilia Malmström, Matt Le Tissier, Parker Posey, Bertrand Bonello, Tricky, and Sebastian Bach. After him are Ramzi Yousef, Marie-José Pérec, Florence Devouard, Chris Gueffroy, Luke Goss, and James Frain.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 234 out of 415Before him are Yordan Radichkov (1929), Manuela Maleeva (1967), Kliment of Tarnovo (1841), Kiril Rakarov (1932), Simeon Simeonov (1946), and Volen Siderov (1956). After him are Vladimir Ivanov (null), Dimitar Stanchov (1863), Katya Paskaleva (1945), Aleksandar Tomov (1949), Zlatko Yankov (1966), and Martin Petrov (1979).

Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 32Before him are Yordan Yovkov (1880), Kostas Varnalis (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Anton Donchev (1930), Dimitar Dimov (1909), and Yordan Radichkov (1929). After him are Michael Arlen (1895), and Ilija Trojanow (1965).