Photo Stoyanovich by Evgenia Ivanova
Winner of the 2008 Vick Prize Bulgarian Novel of the Year

 

Photo Stoyanovich by Evgenia Ivanova is the fifth winner of the Bulgarian Novel of the Year competition organized by the VICK Foundation.
On 27 October at the Sheraton Hotel, the prize was presented by Mr. Edward Vick at the annual award ceremony.

Emerging from another five novels, Ivanova’s work was selected by a competent jury composing of: European Commissioner Meglena Kouneva, Prof. Boryana Hristova, Prof. Valery Stefanov, Assoc. Prof. Georgy Lozanov and movie director Andrey Slabakov.

Evgenia Ivanova, winner of the VICK prize and recipient of BGN 10,000, will also receive a translation of the book into English. Elena Naydenova, VICK Foundation Manager, expressed her anticipation for the next Bulgarian Novel of the Year. more

 

 

23 June 2008, Vick Foundation announced the shortlist for the 2008 Bulgarian Novel of the Year. The announcement took place in the Central Military Club in Sofia.

The short-listed novels are:
The Black Box by Alec Popov
The Collector of Love Sentences by Alexander Sekulov
Photo Stoyanovich by Evgenia Ivanova
The Knight, the Devil, Death by Elena Alexieva
Mamka by Pip Volant
Adriana by Theodora Dimova more

 

Ambassadors for the Bulgarian Novel
Vick Prize 2008

A new initiative of the VICK Prize 2008 - Ambassadors for the Bulgarian Novel. Public figures with an interest in reading and a wish to increase interest in Bulgarian novels have been selected to promote the short-listed novels to a larger audience. They will share their thoughts on the short-listed novels with the media.

The 5 ambassadors are businessman Hristo Kovachki, Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Maya Manolova, footballer from Levski FC Nikolai Dimitrov, singer Galya from the Karizma duet and Miss Bulgaria 2001 Tanya Karabelova.

These 5 personalities have been entrusted with the mission to create further impetus for the promotion of Bulgarian literature. more

 

2008 VICK PRIZE JURY: EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER, PROFESSORS AND A FILM DIRECTOR

The jury for the 2008 VICK Prize for the Bulgarian Novel of the Year is composed of a dynamic mix of personalities.

The jury for the novels is made of European Commissioner Ms. Meglena Kouneva – those acquainted with Ms. Kouneva will be aware of her extensive involvement with literature, Professor Boryana Hristova – head of the St. Cyril and Methodius National Library, a philologist and dedicated researcher of old Bulgarian literature, Professor Georgi Lozanov – a media expert and key figure in Bulgarian intellectual circles, Professor Valeri Stefanov – Dean of the Faculty of Slavic Studies at St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University and last but not least the film director and actor Andrei Slabakov. more

 

7 November 2007

The book Partien Dom (Party Headquarters) by Georgi Tenev, is the fourth Vick Prize Winner awarded by the Vick Foundation.
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The award was handed in personally by Mr. Edward Vick on the official ceremony in hall 8 of the National Palace of Culture. more

 

The new Panel of Judges for the Vick Prize 2007 was announced at Before & After Club on 7 March 2007.

The judges are:
Amelia Licheva, Angel Igov, Deyan Enev and Lyubomir Levchev. more

Novels for the Vick Prize 2007 competition must be submitted between 1 January and 18 March 2007.

 

The third official award ceremony of Vick Foundation, took place on 27 October 2006.
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Sofia University rector wins the Bulgarian Novel of the Year Prize.
The book Amazonkata na Varoe (Varoe’s Amazon) by Prof. Boyan Biolchev, is the third Vick Prize Winner awarded by the Vick Foundation.
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The Vick Prize 2006 winner Professor Boyan Biolchev, has already announced his decision to donate the BGN 10,000 (EUR 5,000) to setting up a poetry and fiction contest for Bulgarian university students.

 

 

 

 

 

15 June 2006 Before & After Club. The six finalists for the Vick Prize 2006 were announced.

The six finalists are:
Varoe's Amazon by Boyan Boilchev,
The Lost Donkeys by Valeri Stefanov,
Autopsy of a Love Affair by Victor Paskov,
Worlds by Vladimir Zarev,
Danny by Ivan Golev,
The Alternus Consortium by Lea Koen.
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On 30 May 2006 in the British Council Mrs Meglena Kuneva, Minister of European Affairs presented the translation of the novel The Glass River to Emil Andreev, the second winner of the Vick Book Prize. The English translation of the novel was provided by EVS Translations, the main sponsor of the competition.

 

On 9 March 2006 at Downtown Hotel, the Vick Foundation announced the new panel of judges for the competition: Dimitar Tomov, Georgi Koritanov, Irina Varalinska and Petar Anastasov.
Traditionally, the fifth judge is the readers, who start voting after the nominees are announced in June. more

 

27 October 2005 Emil Andreev's Glass River bags Vick Prize for the best Bulgarian novel of 2005.
Emil Andreev's novel Glass River also won the Readers Award. more

The second Vick Prize winner was announced at an official ceremony in the Sheraton Hotel in Sofia.
Bulgarian Minister of Culture Stefan Danailov attended the ceremony. Other participants in the ceremony were Nikolai Stoyanov, this year's winner of the Balkanika Award, Dimitar Shumnaliev, Edward Vick, Chairman of the Vick Foundation and head of EVS Translations and Elena Skuleva-Naidenova - Manager of the Vick Foundation. more

 

On 2 June 2005 in the Red House - Meglena Kuneva, Minister of European Affairs, presented the English translation of The Executioner to the first winner of the Vick Prize - Stephan Kisyov.

 

 

 

 

On 2 June 2005 in the Red House - the six finalists for the Vick Prize 2005 were announced.

The six finalists are:
The Glass River by Emil Andreev,
A Season for Hunt of Wild Bitches by Daniel Apostolov,
Good-bye Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein,
Prey by George Grozdev,
Inverted World by Atanas Nakovski.
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On 1 March 2005 Vick Foundation announced the new members of the panel of judges at Before & After Club. The judges are:
Diko Fuchedjiev, Kiril Topalov, Nikolay Stoyanov and Vladimir Trendafilov.
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On 24 November 2004 the Award Ceremony of the first competition was held in the National Art Gallery.
The first prize - BGL 10,000 and translation of the novel into English went to Stephan Kisyov for his novel The Executioner published by Janette 45 Publishing House. more

The novel Elada Pinio and Time by Kerana Angelova published by Izdatelsko atelie Ab Publishing House received the highest number of readers votes. The author won a cash prize of BGL 1000.

The award ceremony was attended by Stefan Danailov, Anton Donchev, Nikoka Kitsevski. Among the official guests were Philip Dimitrov, Prof. Andrei Pantev, Bozhana Dimitrova, Iglika Trifonova, Georgi Lozanov, Lyubomir Levchev, many publishers, diplomats and businessmen. more 

 

23 September 2004 Before&After Club the six finalists for the Vick Prize 2004 were announced.

The six finalists are :
Brake Lining by Dimitar Shumnaliev,
Oh Love by Ivan Golev,
Elada Pinio and Time by Kerana Angelova,
The Defeat. A Chronicle from the Short Century by Konstantin Iliev,
Autopia: the Other Way to Hell by Hristo Karastoyanov.
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On 18 March 2004 National Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius", announcing the establishment of Vick Foundation and the First Vick Prize.