Kapka Kassabova (born in November 1973, in Bulgarian Капка Касабова) is a poet and writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction.
In 2008, Kassabova published the memoir Street Without a Name which was shortlisted for the Dolmann Club Travel Book Award and which Misha Glenny in The Guardian called a "profound meditation on the depth of change triggered by the events of 1989 throughout eastern Europe".
With its sharply humorous details of close family life and the evocative and sometimes almost spiritual portrayal of an era lost and a country changed forever, this book recalls the writings of Isabel Allende".
[4][full citation needed] Kassabova's tango biography Twelve Minutes of Love (2011), was hailed by The Independent as "an exquisitely crafted blend of travelogue, memoir, dance history, and some seriously good writing on the human condition.
[6] and the New Zealand Listener wrote that "Kassabova's poetry explores exile, disconnection and loss; her novels and travel writing are rich in insight, conjuring unsettling worlds.
To the Lake was awarded France's Prix du meilleur livre etranger for non-fiction and was short-listed for the Highland Book Prize.
Across several seasons, Kassabova learns about wild plants and experiences a symbiotic system where nature and culture have blended for thousands of years.