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Miroslav Penkov

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Miroslav Penkov was born in 1982 in Bulgaria. He arrived in America in 2001 and completed a bachelor's degree in Psychology and an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas. He has won the Eudora Welty Prize in Fiction, and his story "Buying Lenin" was published in The Best American Short Stories 2008, edited by Salman Rushdie. He teaches creative writing at the University of North Texas, where he is a fiction editor for American Literary Review. ...more

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I’m honored and deeply grateful to have been chosen as the literature protégé in the new cycle of The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. I will spend the next year working under the mentorship of Michael Ondaatje.

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	East of the West: A Country in Stories 4.18 avg rating — 2,506 ratings — published 2011 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stork Mountain 3.80 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Кървави луни by Miroslav Penkov (Goodreads Author), Мирослав Пенков really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Makedonia by Miroslav Penkov (Goodreads Author), Caroline Meijer (Translator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stork Mountain Lib/E by Miroslav Penkov (Goodreads Author), Kirby Heyborne (Reading) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Short Stories 2008 by Salman Rushdie (Editor), Heidi Pitlor (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), T. Coraghessan Boyle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 1,628 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 by Dave Eggers (Editor), Walter Mosley (Contributor), Miroslav Penkov (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories: 2012 by Laura Furman (Editor), Ann Packer (Goodreads Author), Miroslav Penkov (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Granta 124: Travel by John Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Siddhartha Mukherjee (Contributor), Hari Kunzru (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Машина за истории. Антология от фантастични разкази by Ана Хелс (Contributor; Intro), Петър Тушков (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Мирослав Моравски (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“България ми липсваше повече отпреди ...
- Дядо - питах го понякога по телефона, - какво ядеш?
- Диня със сирене ...
- Дядо, какво пиеш?
- Айрян.
- Хубав ли е ?
- Най-хубавият.
- Дядо, какво виждаш - ей сега, точно в тоя миг?
- Баира над къщата. Липите са побелели. Вятърът им е обърнал листата. Ще вали.
Знаех, че нарочно ме дразни, че нарочно сипва сол в раните, но все така не спирах да разпитвам. Само за миг да можех да му взема очите, само за миг да можех да му открадна езика - щях да се натъпча с хляб и сирене, да пресуша шест кратунки с кладенчова вода, да се напълня с баири, с поля и реки.”
― Miroslav Penkov, East of the West: A Country in Stories

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“Не можеш да опознаеш човек, като му бръкнеш в носа. Но ако някой на теб ти бръкне в носа, доста неща разбираш за него.”
― Miroslav Penkov, East of the West: A Country in Stories

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“It’s yad that propels us, like a motor, onward. Yad is like envy, but it’s not simply that. It’s like spite, rage, anger, but more elegant, more complicated. It’s like pity for someone, regret for something you did or did not do, for a chance you missed, for an opportunity you squandered.”
― Miroslav Penkov, East of the West: A Country in Stories

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