Костадин Костадинов
Bulgaria
Helikon 2025 · Nominee
Posledniyat voynishki imperator
Title translated by AI:“The Last Soldier Emperor”
Novel · 144 pages · Historical
AI-generated summary:Vasil Strandzhev, known among treasure hunters as the Emperor, collects gold aurei of the Roman soldier emperors of 235–285, and must use rare skills to make his way through the turbulent twentieth century.
Helikon 2022 · Winner
Lovetsat na peperudi
Title translated by AI:“The Butterfly Hunter”
Novel · Historical
AI-generated summary:Built on the folk belief that a butterfly comes to a grave the day after a death to carry away the soul, the novel follows Lazar Karaivanov, an eccentric artist and killer from the vanished Danube island of Ada Kaleh, and his collection of butterflies.
Helikon 2016 · Nominee
Zalivat na Ifigenia
Title translated by AI:“Iphigenia's Bay”
Short stories · 240 pages
AI-generated summary:Stories and novellas whose characters confess their loves, passions and magic, drawing the reader into a spiral of events that will not let go.