Marin Damyanov was born on August 24 1955 in Sofia. He is a cinema writer and novelist who manifests mainly in the field of crime genres. Marin Damyanov has PhD in dramaturgy with a thesis on "Use of modern psychological theories of the unconscious in dramatic texts" ( National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria , 2008) and associate professor of screenwriting (National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria , 2012). He has worked as an editor in Boyana Film Studios (1987-1989), as a professor at Southwestern University "Neophyte Rilski" , and as a teacher. He was a writer of a culture TV show "Turmoil" in " Bulgarian National Television in the period 2002-2006 . he is a member of Union of Bulgarian Writers , Bulgarian section of the International Union of crime writers, Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers, The Association of Bulgarian film, television and radio writers , which is an associate member of the Federation of writers in Europe. In 1990 he won Second Prize (first not awarded) for the short story "We need to crash" in a competition for crime story in the name of Pavel Vezhinov. In 1992 he won Second prize for the short story "Whining" at the same contest (first prize was not awarded). In 1993 he received Second prize for the short story "Kranki" of the same competition. In 1997 he won Second Prize (first not given) for the story "To Kill a praying mantis" at the Literary Newspaper's competition "Agatha". In 1998 he won First prize for the short story "Cut" at a Literary Gazette's competition. In 2000 he received Second prize for the short story "The Man dude and his wife" at the contest to criminal story of the International Union of crime writers and detective agency "Salamander". In 2000 he was awarded at the National competition for new Bulgarian novel "Development" with his novel "The Case Roses." In 2001 he won First prize for the short story "Martial art" at the competition for crime story "Atanas Mandadjiev" of the International Union of crime writers. In 2002 he received Third Prize for the short story "The murder, which revealed" at the competition "Atanas Mandadjiev" of the International Union of crime writers. In 2003 he also received Third Prize for the short story "Blunt mule" at the contest for crime story "Atanas Mandadjiev" of the International Union of crime writers and detective agency "Salamander". In 2004 he won Second prize for the short story "Love Satan and beret" of the same competition. In 2005 he received Critics Award for best crime novel "A Time to kill." In 2006 he won Grand Prize for the short story "Eskimo igloo in the sun" at the contest of Detective Agency "Salamander" and the International Union of crime writers. His books are: "Absolutely away with murder" (collection of short stories), 1995; "Good cop, nasty cop '(collection of short stories), Sofia: Argus, 2000; "Goodbye, Johnny" (novel), 2001; "The case Roses" (novel), 2002; "Time to Kill" (novel), 2004; "The bad and evil" (collection of short stories), 2007; "Samurai of Hope" (collection of short stories), 2009.

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