Plamen Chetelyazov
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Description
Plamen Chetelyazov was born on November 29, 1982 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He studied at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia and at the University of Plovdiv. In 2005 he participated in the programs for cultural exchange between Bulgaria and the United States of America and spent the summer in Seaside Heights, NJ. Plamen works as a curator and publicist for the Regional Museum of History, Plovdiv. Before joining the Museum, he was a probationer at Darik Radio, lifestyle journalist at Mylife magazine and an editor at Anonce newspaper. His literary pieces have appeared in the magazines Egoist, Kanape and the Bulgarian edition of Glamour. Plamen is the author of two novels, Imago and Paranoia, the latter being published in Bulgarian by LiterNet in 2007. In 2015 the American publishing house Neverland Publishing released Flaws of Oblivion - an anthology of poetry, prose and photography that showcases the talents of five emerging writers from around the world including Plamen Chetelyazov.
Books
Параноя
Ако си един от онези, реалните граждани на света, прегърнал общоприетите хуманни и общочовешки принципи, възприемайки ги като свой идеал... Ако ти си човек, вярващ в човечеството и обичащ неговите случайни искри на доброта и естествена топлина... Ако ти си всичко това, то тогава ти си лъжец като всички останали. Аз те презирам. Тази книга ще отвори пред теб вратата към един анормален дори параноичен вътрешен свят, който, за разлика от твоя, е истински. От този свят ти нищо няма да разбереш, защото не би могъл да го докоснеш. Затова - презирай ме и захвърли тази книга далече!
Flaws of Oblivion
“We are haunted by what we want to forget, whilst what we want to remember fades slowly and incompletely away.” Flaws of Oblivion is a collection of poetry, prose and photography that approaches—sometimes willfully, sometimes unwittingly—the illusory and problematic qualities of memory, and the vast spectra of emotions that accompany our awareness of the unstemmable coursing of time. The volume showcases the talents of five emerging writers from around the world—Plamen Chetelyazov (Paranoia and Imago), Virginia Goebel, Devon Pearse (A Lighter Shade of Gray and The Untrodden Ways), Cary Polkovitz (Often Overlooked and Meaning But Without the Words) and James Wilson (Three Bridges and All the Colours Fade)—whose work is wrought varyingly with sensitivity, acuity, acerbity, and a touch of mystery.