Stefan Kisyov is a

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and

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writer. Kisyov was born in

Stara Zagora Stara Zagora ( bg, Стара Загора, ) is the sixth-largest city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province. Name The name comes from the Slavic root ''star'' ("old") and the name of the medieva ...

in 1963. He studied at

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

and

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

universities, and also at the

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. He has worked as an

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at a tram depot, locksmith at a

chemical factory A chemical plant is an industrial process plant that manufactures (or otherwise processes) chemicals, usually on a large scale. The general objective of a chemical plant is to create new material wealth via the chemical or biological transform ...

, administrator at a Black Sea hotel, stage hand at the Stara Zagora

Opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

, waiter, newspaper journalist and in television. He lived in France and Switzerland. He is the author of books such as ''Jukebox'', ''Not a Thing Anywhere'', ''Don't Wake the Somnambulist'', ''Your Name is Woman'' and ''A Waiter in the Boyana Residence''. His award-winning novel, '' The Executioner'' was published in 2003. Stefan Kisyov lives in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Works

Stefan Kisyov's novels

* ''Juke-box'' (1996) * ''Nothing Anywhere'' (2000) * '' Don't Wake Up the Sleepwalker'' (2000) * '' The Executioner'', winner of the

Vick Foundation The Vick Foundation was established in February 2004 to award an annual prize for best Bulgarian language, Bulgarian novel. There is also a competition for the most popular short-listed book, based on votes cast by the general public. In 2008, ...

's "Best Novel of 2004" Era (publisher) * ''A Waiter at Boyana Residence'' (2004) * ''Thy name is a woman'' (2007) Era (publisher) * ''The Voyeur and the Tenant (2008) Era (publisher) * '' The Mystery of the Knight Capulet'' (2011) Era (publisher)

Short stories

Kisyov has written over 100 short stories in influential newspapers and magazines and many non-fictional pieces.

Play

* ''Desperadoes'' (1999)

References

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