Vasil Slavov (

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: ''Васил Славов'') is a

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and

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, born on February 25, 1958 in

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. He has been living in the United States since 1989. Graduated English philology from Sofia University " Kliment Ohridsky ". First collection of poetry published in 1989. Same year moved to USA. Studied poetry with the MFA program( Bruce Weigl ) at Pennsylvania State University. Author of several books of poetry and short stories. (editors of his books published in Bulgaria - Georgi Borissov, Boris Hristov, Penka Vatova, Rumen Leonidov). Awards in National Poetry Competitions: "Binjo Ivanov" - 2013, 2015, "Christo Fotev" - 2016, 2018 (nomination), "Damjan Damjanov" - 2018.

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