Bulgaria's 'Time Shelter' wins International Booker Prize

Gospodinov said he began writing his book about 'the weaponization of nostalgia' in 2016, the year of the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum in Britain. He said it was a time when 'anxiety was in the air.' Photo: AP

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named on Tuesday winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel Time Shelter - a first for a book in Bulgarian.

The prestigious award recognises works of fiction from around the world that have been translated into English and the £50,000 (RM285,000) prize is split equally between the author and the translator.