How Lora Learned to Count to Ten
Sotir Gelev
Sotir Gelev lives in Sofia and works as an artist and writer. He graduated from the National Academy of Art, Sofia. When still a student, he joined the team of the legendary Bulgarian comics magazine Rainbow, and together with his brother Penko Gelev and their studio Gekon, he creates television series for children, full-length animated films, documentaries, and feature films. He has won numerous illustration awards, including two Quillawards – for the graphic novel Ilycho, August, and the Seven Dwarfs, in 2016, and How Lora Learned to Count to Ten, in 2018. The Adventures of Mr. Blueberry received the Hristo G. Danov award in 2021, and that same year, Gelev was awarded the Konstantin Konstantinov prize for children’s literature for his book Lullabies for Fairies and Monsters, published by Enthusiast.
