At Publishing Perspectives Daniel Kalder writes about Fighting to Build "Brand Bulgaria" in Literature as he profiles the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation -- unusual, as he notes, in being: "a private organization dedicated to promoting a national literature".
Despite some untypical (for Kalder) nonsense -- "Today Milan Kundera dominates our perceptions of Czech literature" (huh ??!? now-French-writing Kundera dominates our perceptions of Czech literature today ? maybe in the 1970s, but now ?) -- it's fairly interesting, as are the efforts by the Kostova foundation. And Bulgarian literature is certainly under-represented in (English) translation. Though I remain surprised that no US/UK publisher has picked up Alek Popov yet -- Мисия Лондон, Черната Кутия .....
Despite some untypical (for Kalder) nonsense -- "Today Milan Kundera dominates our perceptions of Czech literature" (huh ??!? now-French-writing Kundera dominates our perceptions of Czech literature today ? maybe in the 1970s, but now ?) -- it's fairly interesting, as are the efforts by the Kostova foundation. And Bulgarian literature is certainly under-represented in (English) translation. Though I remain surprised that no US/UK publisher has picked up Alek Popov yet -- Мисия Лондон, Черната Кутия .....