Bio note

Andreas Tretner is a translator of prose and poetry from Bulgarian, Russian and Czech into German. He has won numerous awards, such as Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung (1998), Paul-Celan-Preis (2001), Internationalen Literaturpreis of the Berlin Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2011), Zuger Übersetzer Anerkennungspreis (2015). He has translated chosen works of Yordan Radichkov, Peyo Yavorov, Voktor Paskov, Dimitar Korudzhiev, Ivan Radoev, Hristo Karastoyanov.

Residency goals

During his third residency in Sofia, Tretner will be working on the translation of Angel Igov's  novel Кротките into German.

Public events

• 25th October (Thursday) - Translator's Thursday in Sofia Literature and Translation House with Andreas Tretner and Maia Razboinikova-Frateva

Photo gallery



Read Andreas Tretner's wonderful text on his stay in Sofia here (in German).