Vesselin STOYANOV was born on April 13, 1957 in Kazanlak (central Bulgaria). He has graduated in Bulgarian language and literature from the Plovdiv university and works as correspondent of the "24 hours" daily in his home town. He is author of collections of short stories "Shlageri" ('Refrains') (1992; 2002), "Vecherya s Angeli" ('Dining with Angels') /1995/, "Santimentalna kato puma" ('As Sentimental as a Puma') /1999/ and collections of essays "Belite poleta na spomena" ('The Blank Fields of Memory') /2000/, "Zabravenata ugovorka s Boga" ('The Forgotten Appointment with God') /2003/. His drama "Lyubov, sunishta, dumi i…drugi izobrazhenia na smurrta" ('Love, Dreams, Words and… other Representations of Death') was awarded at the competition "New Bulgarian Dramaturgy" (Shoumen, 2001). Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.