site.btaTzvetozar Tzakov Brings together His “Night Dreams and Day Screams” in Short Story Collection Premiering Nov. 13

Tzvetozar Tzakov will present his new short story collection Night Dreams and Day Screams on November 13 at 7 p.m. at the Umberto & Co. bookstore in Sofia, the publisher Janet 45 has announced.

Writers Silvia Choleva and Martin Kolev — the latter also serving as the book’s editor — will speak about the author and his latest work.

“Short stories – some of them ultra-short, ironic and quick, laced with melancholy and a supple language. In this book, dreams and reality coexist, intertwined and inseparable,” writes Choleva.

“You are holding in your hands the living play of words. The jazz of language. Do you hear it? Not yet? Then don’t hesitate — immerse yourself in Tzvetozar Tzakov’s new collection. Here, he is the conductor of dreams bubbling with imagination, absurdity and improvisation. And when the music fades, we become witnesses to conversations with inner worlds, where, through the mists, a god writes poetry. A child turning worlds into art,” says poet Radoslav Chichev.

“After finishing Night Dreams and Day Screams, I thought to myself: I haven’t read such fascinating stories in a long time. Then I corrected myself — as far as I can remember, I’ve never read stories quite like these,” notes Palmi Ranchev – a renowned writer of short stories, poet and boxer.

Night Dreams and Day Screams is Tzakov’s third book. He is the author of the short story collection Vinyl Souls (2020), which won the National Literary Award Southern Spring, and the poetry book Sometimes It Happens (2023).

Tzakov’s poems were included in the Mexican anthology Horizonte sin fronteras. Poesia bulgara actual (“Horizon Without Borders: Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry”), featuring works by 62 Bulgarian poets. Mexican readers can discover five of his poems there: The End of the World (El fin del mundo), Promise (Promesa), Metaphor (Metafora), Jazz Begins Where… (El jazz comienza donde…), and Why Birds Fly (Por que vuelan los pajaros).

Born in 1983 in Lovech, Bulgaria, Tzvetozar Tzakov graduated from the local foreign language high school and later studied communication sciences and journalism in Aachen (Germany) and at Sofia University of St. Kliment Ohridski. He currently works as a journalist in the Balkans Directorate of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).

Tzakov is also the founder of Balkans – Ways to Friendship, an association dedicated to promoting contemporary Balkan culture by organizing events that showcase young alternative and underground artists from the region.