Alek Popov (Bulgarian: Алек Попов) is a Bulgarian novelist, short story writer, essayist and scriptwriter, author of the novel Mission London.[1]

Alek Popov was born in Sofia in 1966.[2] He studied in the elite classical gymnasium in Sofia and later received M.A. in Bulgarian philology from the University of Sofia.[2] He is an author of two novels. His first novel, Mission London, was translated to 12 languages[2] and later the film based on the book was a great success and had a box office record high in Bulgaria,[3] outperforming Avatar.[4] His short stories have been translated into 11 languages, including English, German, and French. The English translation of Popov's "Mission London" was published by Istros Books, London in 2014.

Bibliography

  • 2001 – Mission London - „Мисия Лондон“
  • 2007 – The Black Box - „Черната кутия“
  • 2013 – The Palaveevi Sisters: In the storm of History - „Сестри Палавееви в бурята на историята“
  • 2014 – The Black Box: Dogs are Flying Low „Черната кутия: ниско прелитащи кучета“
  • 2017 – The Palaveevi Sisters: On the Road to the New World - „Сестри Палавееви. По пътя към новия свят“
  • 2021 – Mission Turan - „Мисия Туран“

References

  1. ↑ Alek Popov Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Authors. Eurozine.
  2. 1 2 3 Popov, Alek. Biography Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Contemporary Bulgarian Writers.
  3. ↑ Mission London becomes a Bulgarian box office hit Archived 2011-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, filmneweurope.com, 10 May 2010
  4. ↑ „Мисия Лондон” чупи рекорди, твори история (in Bulgarian), novinitepro.bg, 27 April 2010


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