Jordan Eftimov

He finished the National Highschool for Classical Languages and Cultures in Sofia and later graduated in Bulgarian philology from the Sofia St. Kliment Ohridki University. He is the author of many literary criticism articles in Bulgarian periodicals, among which the annual reviews of the Bulgarian Literature in the Demokrarticheski pregled (Democratic Review) magazine. He is an Associate professor in theory of literature at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia. Among the subjects he teaches are BULB715 – The Bulgarian Modernism, and BULB602 – The Literature of the Balkans after the Balkan Wars and until Nowadays. Since 1993, with some intervals, he has been the editor of the independent weekly issue for culture Literaturen Vestnik (Literary Newspaper). He is also the editor of the magazines Ezik i Literatura (Language and Literature) and Sledva (Next). He is the author of the popular science book Modernism (2003). He is an active critic-observer of the paper market of Kapital newspaper (since November 2008), author and presenter of the Paper Tigers Programme on Radio France International (2001- 2005), of Studio Helikon in the programme Horizont (Horizon) on the Bulgarian National Radio (2005–2007) and of Zona za Chetene (Reading Zone) on Pro BG TV (since November 2009).

• Name — Yordan Eftimov • Birth Name — Йордан Ефтимов • Born — January 23, 1971 • Birthplace — Razgrad, Bulgaria • Occupation — Writer, assistant professor at New Bulgarian University • Movement — Postmodernism

• Illustration — “Africa/Numbers”, first cover of the first Bulgarian edition, 1998 • Metametaphysics. София: Свободно поетическо общество, 1993, 52 с. • Bulgarian reader. (в съавторство с Георги Господинов, Бойко Пенчев и Пламен Дойнов). София: Свободно поетическо общество, 1995 • Eleven Indian Tales. София: Изд. ателие „Аб“, 1997, 36 с. • Africa / Numbers. Пловдив: изд. Жанет-45, 1998, 56 + 40 с. • Bulgarian Anthology. (в съавторство с Георги Господинов, Бойко Пенчев и Пламен Дойнов). София: Свободно поетическо общество, 1998. • Opera nigra. София: Анубис, 2001. • My wife always says. Пловдив: изд. Жанет-45, 2005, 96 с. • The heart is not a creator. София: Смол стейшънс прес, 2013, 60 с. • Proven theories, final experiments. София: Смол стейшънс прес, 2018. • Before they wash off the blood. София: Лист, 2022.

• Illustration — “Divine mathematics: Disturbing Heteroclicity of Bulgarian Literary Symbolism”, 2012 • The ill-fated virtue. Essays on Tsvetan Marangozov. Изд. ателие „Аб“, С., 2008, 134 с. • The Double Bottom of the Classics: From Botev and Vazov to Yovkov and Dalchev. Изд. „Хермес“, Пловдив, 2010, 183 с. • Here lies the rabbit. ИК „Сиела“, С., 2010, 204 с. • Divine Mathematics: Bulgarian Symbolist Poetry. София: Просвета, 2012, 336 с. • Poetics of Agreement and Disagreement: Bulgarian Literature of 1950s – 1990s and Ideology. София: Нов български университет, 2013, 318 с. • Literature around zero. Fulfilled and unfulfilled projective analyzes and engaged forecasts. София: Просвета, 2019, 288 с. • Strategies without Tactics: Quarantinscapes and other micro-essays from Linkedin and from the mind's warehouse (Стратегии без тактики: Карантинописи и други микроесета от Linkedin и от склада на ума). София: Смол стейшънс прес, 2021, 170 с. (ISBN 9789543841226)