Велимир Макавеев

Rene Karabash (b. Irena Ivanova, 1989) is a writer, screenwriter, playwright and actress. She was the recipient of several Best Actress awards for her leading role in the film Godless, including the Silver Leopard at Locarno and the Bronze Horse at Stockholm. Her debut novel, She Who Remains, won the prestigious Elias Canetti award for literature, and was shortlisted for all important national prizes. In 2023, the novel’s French translation by Marie-Vrinat Nikolov was awarded the French PEN award. For a translated excerpt of the novel in English, Izidora Angel was awarded the Gulf Coast Prize in Translation in 2023 and the USA PEN / Heim translation award in 2024. A movie based on the book, adapted for the big screen by the author, and a co-production between Albania, Germany, Italy and Romania, is currently being filmed. Rene is the scriptwriter of the drama series We, the Waves – the latest production of the Bulgarian National Television.