Aleksandar Sekulov

About

Aleksandar Sekulov was born on January 6, 1964, in Plovdiv. He graduated from a secondary specialized art school for stage personnel with a major in assistant director. He completed his studies in Bulgarian philology at Plovdiv University. He is the author of three poetry books: “Seventh Heaven” (1988), published by Hristo G. Danov Publishing House; “High, Above the Distance” (1997), published by Janet 45; and “Wonderful and Light” (2003), two editions, published by Pygmalion. He has published three essay books: “The Master and the Stones” (1996), published by Everything for the Book; a book of fragments “The High Stone Hills” (2006), published by “Janet 45”; as well as the journalistic book “History of Minimal Resistance. A Chronological Novel in One Column” (“Siela”, 2008). Together with the artist Atanas Hranov, he published the collections “Nasko H. Stories with Rum, Ginger, Raisins and Honey” (2005) and “The Little Saint and the Men from Black Pepper” (2007). He is the author of the plays: “Bright Hotel Rooms” (2005), “No Power for the Electric Chair” (2015); the dramatizations “Elevation” based on the novel by Milen Ruskov, in collaboration with Ivan Dobchev; and “Wolves” based on “Tran Stories” by Petar Delchev. He is the author of the exquisite novel “Collector of Love Sentences” (“Siela”, 2007). The book was among the final six in the “Novel of the Year VIK” competition. In 2009, he published the novel “The Little Saint and the Oranges. A History of Disappearance” (“Siela”), followed in 2010 by the poetry anthology “Maps and Geographies” (“Siela”) and the novel “The Island” (2011), nominated for the national children’s literature award “Hristo G. Danov”. In 2012, he published the novel “God Descends in Athens”, which was among the final nominations for the “Helikon” Novel of the Year. In 2013, his novel trilogy “Engraver of Dreams” was released. Aleksandar Sekulov has been translated into English, German, French, Serbian, Macedonian, and Hungarian. He is the author of the daily column “Under the Yoke” in the newspaper “Maritsa” from 1993 to 2009, for which he received the “Plovdiv” award for journalism (1995). He is a recipient of national literary honors – “Academician” (1988), “Tsvetan Zangov” (1985, 1986, 1987), and “Ivan Nikolov” (1998, 2004). He received the “Plovdiv” award for literature for the book “Wonderful and Light”. In 2015, his novel “The Wanderer and the Sons” (“Siela”) and the poetry book “Sea of the Living” (“East-West”) were published. In 2014, his play was staged for the first time – “No Power for the Electric Chair”, a production by director Lilia Abadjieva, produced by the Drama Theatre-Plovdiv, for which the author received the prestigious theatrical award “Askeer” 2015 for “Contemporary Bulgarian Dramaturgy”. In 2019, he won his second “Askeer” for contemporary dramaturgy with the play “Debelyanov and the Angels”. In 2022, he won his third “Askeer” for contemporary dramaturgy.