{"id":110,"date":"2015-09-05T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/?p=110"},"modified":"2015-09-05T08:00:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T08:00:13","slug":"margarit-zhekov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"Margarit Zhekov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Work\u00ading lan\u00adguages<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Ger\u00adman, Eng\u00adlish, Span\u00adish, Swedish, Hun\u00adgari\u00adan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field of work:<\/strong> Poetry, short fic\u00adtion, essays, as well as theo\u00adlo\u00adgic\u00adal, med\u00adic\u00adal and philo\u00adsoph\u00adic lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short bio\u00adgraphy:<\/strong> Mar\u00adgar\u00adit Zhekov was born in 1963&nbsp;in Haskovo, Bul\u00adgaria. A&nbsp;Uni\u00adver\u00adsity of Sofia gradu\u00adate in Ger\u00adman Lan\u00adguage and Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure, has spe\u00adcial\u00adized in Theo\u00adlogy in Ger\u00admany. Author of eight poetry col\u00adlec\u00adtions in Bul\u00adgari\u00adan: <em>Spelling Beauty<\/em> (Hr. G. Dan\u00adov Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Plov\u00addiv, 1990), <em>Talk\u00ading to My Heart<\/em> (Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00aduren For\u00adum Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Sofia, 1992), <em>Heav\u00adenly Life<\/em> (Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00aduren For\u00adum Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Sofia, 1993), <em>Bio\u00adgraph\u00adic\u00adal Meta\u00adphors<\/em> (Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00aduren For\u00adum Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Sofia, 1997), <em>Natures<\/em> (Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00aduren For\u00adum Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Sofia, 2010), <em>The Invis\u00adble Bar\u00adri\u00aders<\/em> (Ergo Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, 2011), <em>Com\u00admu\u00adnions<\/em> (Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00aduren For\u00adum Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Sofia, 2012) and <em>Doomed Seas<\/em> (Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00aduren For\u00adum Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Sofia, 2013), as well as of the book <em>Draw\u00ading Cool\u00adness \u2013 Bib\u00adlic\u00adal Motives in European Poets<\/em> (Ogledalo Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, Sofia, 2012). His poetry col\u00adlec\u00adtion <em>Reflex\u00adion<\/em> (2011) has been pub\u00adlished in Span\u00adish by <span class=\"caps\">IMS<\/span> Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Asso\u00adci\u00adation in the <span class=\"caps\">USA<\/span>. He trans\u00adlates from and into Ger\u00adman and Eng\u00adlish, as well as from Span\u00adish, Swedish and Hun\u00adgari\u00adan. Mem\u00adber of Asso\u00adci\u00adation of Bul\u00adgari\u00adan Writers (since 1993), Europe Lit\u00ader\u00adary Circle \u2013 Kapfen\u00adberg, Aus\u00adtria (since 2000), Bul\u00adgari\u00adan Trans\u00adlat\u00adors\u2019&nbsp;Uni\u00adon (since 2006) and Bul\u00adgari\u00adan P.E.N. Cen\u00adter (since 2013).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selec\u00adted <\/strong><strong>trans\u00adla\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Kierkegaard Dances Free\u00addom<\/em>&nbsp;(2013, bilin\u00adgual edi\u00adtion: Bulgarian-English, trans\u00adlated from Bul\u00adgari\u00adan) by Theodor Hristov;<\/li>\n<li><em>Nomade auf vier Kontin\u00aden\u00adten<\/em>&nbsp;(2009) and <em>Der Wel\u00adtensammler<\/em> (2007) &nbsp;by Ilija Tro\u00adjanow;<\/li>\n<li><em>The Med\u00adic\u00adal Adviso<\/em>r (2006, par\u00adti\u00adcip\u00ada\u00adtion),<\/li>\n<li><em>M\u00e4d\u00adchen. 1000 Fra\u00adgen, alle Ant\u00adworten<\/em>&nbsp;(2004) by Gaby Schuster,<\/li>\n<li><em>Twenty Days in Bul\u00adgaria. Poems<\/em>&nbsp;(2002, par\u00adti\u00adcip\u00ada\u00adtion) by Gyula <em>Illy\u00e9s<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Svetlostruy Nation\u00adal Prize for poetry in 1993 for his book <em>Talk\u00ading to My Heart<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Nom\u00adin\u00ada\u00adtion for the Hristo G. Dan\u00adov Nation\u00adal Prize for trans\u00adla\u00adtion in 2008 for <em>Der Wel\u00adtensammler<\/em>&nbsp;by Ilija Tro\u00adjanow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Con\u00adtact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E\u2011mail \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:m.zhekov@hotmail.com\">m.zhekov@hotmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work\u00ading lan\u00adguages: Ger\u00adman, Eng\u00adlish, Span\u00adish, Swedish, Hun\u00adgari\u00adan. Field of work: Poetry, short fic\u00adtion, essays, as well as theo\u00adlo\u00adgic\u00adal, med\u00adic\u00adal and philo\u00adsoph\u00adic lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure. Short bio\u00adgraphy: Mar\u00adgar\u00adit Zhekov was born in 1963&nbsp;in Haskovo, Bul\u00adgaria. A&nbsp;Uni\u00adver\u00adsity of Sofia gradu\u00adate in Ger\u00adman Lan\u00adguage and Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure, has spe\u00adcial\u00adized in Theo\u00adlogy in Ger\u00admany. Author of eight poetry col\u00adlec\u00adtions in Bul\u00adgari\u00adan: Spelling [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}