The Institute for Studies of the Recent Past initiates an open competition for authentic diaries, witnesses, memories about the communist times.
What was your life about before 1989? If you keep your diaries from these past years or you just want to tell us your recollections, this call is for you.
The sent materials will fall into two categories:
- Diaries, unpublished memoirs, letters and other private or public documents created betwen 1944 and 1989;
- Lifestories and witnesses about the communist period from present days.
There is no generalational limit for the participants. There is no size limitation too.
Please, send your materials not later than 01st March 2007 to:
Postbox 1252, Sofia 1000 “For the Institute Call for Memories”
Three prizes of the amount of 1000 lv. and seven of the amount of 500 lv. will be awarded. The submitted materials will become part of the Institute Archive. Manuscripts are not returned. Anonymity is guaranteed.
The evaluation committee: Head – Prof. Ivaylo Znepolski, members – Assoc. Prof. Ivan Elenkov, Diana Ivanova, Georgi Gospodinov.