Peycho Kanev ( bg, Пейчо Кънев) is a poet, writer and translator born in

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Publications

Kanev has been published in over 900

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. His poems appeared in many literary magazines, including ''Poetry Quarterly'', ''

Evergreen Review ''The Evergreen Review'' is a U.S.-based literary magazine. Its publisher is John Oakes and its editor-in-chief is Dale Peck. The ''Evergreen Review'' was founded by Barney Rosset, publisher of Grove Press. It existed in print from 1957 until 19 ...

'', ''Hawaii Review'', ''Cordite Poetry Review'', ''Sheepshead Review'', ''Off the Coast'', ''JMWW'', ''The Coachella Review'', ''Mascara Literary Review'', ''The Mayo Review'', ''Two Thirds North'', ''Sierra Nevada Review'', and ''The Cleveland Review'', among many others. He is the author of multiple poetry collections and

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s and has participated in collaborative books. The year 2009 marked Peycho Kanev's first book publication. There were two books published in 2009, one by the American micro-press please press, and one by the Bulgarian publisher, Ciela. The book published by please press was ''r,'' a discursive poetry book with writing by Kanev and Felino A. Soriano and visual art by Duane Locke. The book received limited critical notice among the independent literary community. The book published by Ciela Soft and Publishing was ''Разходка през стените''. In 2010 Kanev published two books. Desperate, NY released ''Bone Silence, which was edited by Edward Wells of please press. Kanev's ''Американски тетрадки'' (''American Notebooks'') was published by Ciela in Bulgaria. In 2013 Peycho Kanev continued his schedule of publishing two books, one in the United States of America and one in Bulgaria. This year marked the return of Kanev to please press, this time contributing to the discursive book project, ''thrw: 3 , w,'' which included poetry by Felino A. Soriano and prose by Steve Calamars. In Bulgaria, Kanev's book ''Уиски в тенекиена кутия'' (''Whiskey in a Tin Can'') was published by Janet-45 Print and Publishing. In 2015 Peycho Kanev released his next book, the poetry collection ''Живо месо'' (''Raw Meat''). It was published by the poetry publishing house Da in Bulgaria.

References

External links

Peycho Kanev's Profile
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Contemporary Bulgarian Writers
Website
Author profile
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