Jordan Eftimov

Yordan Eftimov (; born January 23, 1971, in Razgrad) is a poet, writer and literary critic based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has eight poetry books awarded with national literary prizes. First of them, Metametaphysics, won the National Debut Prize.

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.

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). Proven theories, final experiments . София: Смол стейшънс прес, 2018. Before they wash off the blood . София: Лист, 2022.

Monographs

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 . София: Смол стейшънс прес, 2021, 170 с. (ISBN 9789543841226)