Bulgaria's Gospodinov wins International Booker for 'Time Shelter'

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize 2023 for 'Time Shelter'. The novel focuses on a "clinic for the past" that offers experimental Alzheimer's treatment. With this, it has become the first book written in Bulgarian to win the prize. The £50,000 ($62,000) in prize money is divided between author and translator.