Einem internationalen Publikum wurde Gospodinov vor allem mit seinem ersten Roman »Estestven roman« (1999; Deutsch »Natürlicher Roman«, 2007) bekannt. ###>In 1992 Gospodinov made his literary debut with his poetry collection »Lapidarium,« for which he was awarded the national prize for best debut. Gospodinov achieved international recognition with his first novel, »Estestven roman« (1999).