Stanislav Stratiev

STANISLAV STRATIEV was a Bulgarian playwright, screenwriter, and author. His first play, The Roman Bath, was an instant success and performed in repertory for over a decade at the Satirical Theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria. Success continued with multiple plays performed in more than 20 countries on three continents. Stratiev’s screenplays won both critical and popular acclaim both in Bulgaria and on the international film circuit. In addition to his plays and screenplays, Stratiev published short and long-form prose that observed and satirized Bulgarian society.

Contributor Bios for Issue 13 Summer 2018

July 1, 2018 Contributed By: Alice B. Fogel, Barbara Kreader Skalinder, Carolyn Oliver, Deborah Flanagan, Epiphany Knedler, Eric Barnes, Hanif Abdurraqib, Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio, Jane O. Wayne, Janette Schafer, Jerome Richard, Joshua Bernstein, Katherine Riegel, Kevin Rabas, Marc Frazier, Matt Whelihan, Michael Parker-Stainback, Michael T. Young, Mirza Sakit, Murad Jalilov, Nandini Dhar, Risa Shargel, Roy Bentley, Ruth Awad, Sergio Ortiz, Stanislav Stratiev, Stephen Gibson, Thomas Jacobs, Tom Larsen, Tori Grant Welhouse

Issue 13 Summer 2018 HANIF ABDURRAQIB is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, was released in […]

The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev
(Translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)

July 1, 2018 Contributed By: Risa Shargel, Stanislav Stratiev

Translator’s Note: Under communist rule, the government strongly discouraged celebration of religious holidays. In a pragmatic nod to the difficulty of stopping Christmas celebrations altogether, the government used a carrot-and-stick approach to associate the celebrations with the New Year’s holiday instead. Much as the church had earlier absorbed pagan traditions such as survakane into Christmas, […]

MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 13 Summer 2018

INTERVIEWS Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad Joy Is Not Promised to You ESSAYS Joshua Bernstein The Gospel of Dearth Tom Larsen The Nightmare Next Door Jerome Richard Good and Decent People Janette Schafer The Miracle of Ordinary FICTION Eric Barnes Time Space Thomas Jacobs The Death of Z Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio Fighting for His […]

Stanislav Stratiev

Contributor Bios for Issue 13 Summer 2018

The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev
(Translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)

MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 13 Summer 2018

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