Izidora Angel on the experience of Emigration, Translations and the Author Hristo karastoyanov (Bulgarian)

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Izidora Angel, in this conversation, spoke about her experience of Emigration to America, the initiative that she is involved in, 'Third Coast Translators Collective' and the legendary Bulgarian writer - Hristo Karastoyanov.

Izidora Angel is a Bulgarian-born writer and literary translator in Chicago. She is the author of three book-length translations. Her work on Yordanka Beleva’s collection, Keder, received a 2023 NEA translation fellowship; her work on She Who Remains by Rene Karabash was awarded the 2023 Gulf Coast Translation Prize.

Izidora's essays, interviews, and translations have been featured in Astra Magazine, Words Without Borders, Electric Literature, Firmament, Two Lines Journal, Chicago Reader, and elsewhere, and her translation of the short story Family Portrait of the Black Earth by Yordanka Beleva is forthcoming in Deep Vellum’s inaugural anthology, Best Literature in Translation 2024. Izidora's writing has been supported by English PEN, Art Omi, Bread Loaf, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, and by the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, which awarded her a writing fellowship in 2023 for her in-progress memoir.

Third Coast Translator's Collective website -

https://tctranslatorscollective.org/

Rona Jaffe Foundation:

https://www.ronajaffefoundation.org/

Elizabeth Kostova Foundation:

https://ekf-writing-center.org/

Art Omi:

https://artomi.org/

Bread Loaf:

https://www.middlebury.edu/writers-conferences/writers-conference/apply/financial-aid

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