Deyan Enev

Deyan Enev (Деян Енев) (born 11 August 1960) is a Bulgarian writer and journalist.

Biography
Deyan Enev was born in 1960 in Sofia. He graduated from Sofia's First English Language School and later completed a degree in Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". He is married, with two children.

He has worked as a painter, night-shift hospital attendant, teacher, copywriter, and journalist. Presently, he works for the culture and arts section of Sega Daily.

Enev has published seven collections of short stories: "Chetivo za noshten vlak" ("Readings for the Night Train", "Четиво за нощен влак") (1987); "Konsko evangelie" ("Конско евангелие") (1992); "Lovec na hora" ("Man Hunter", "Ловец на хора") (1994), winner of the Annual Award for Fiction of "Hristo Botev" Publishing House, translated in Norway (1997); "Klaneto na petela" ("The Slaughtering of the Rooster", "Клането на петела") (1997); "Ezi-tura" ("Heads or Tails", "Ези-тура") (2000), National Award for Bulgarian Fiction "Hristo G. Danov" and the Annual Award for Literature of the Bulgarian Writers Union; "Gospodi, pomiluy" ("Kyrie Eleison" (Have Mercy on Us, Oh Lord)", "Господи, помилуй") (2004), the Big Award for New Bulgarian prose "Helikon"; and "Vsichki na nosa na gemiyata" ("Everyone on the bow of the boat", "Всички на носа на гемията") (2005).

His first collection of short stories in English, Circus Bulgaria, came out in 2010 (Portobello Books, translated by Kapka Kassabova).