Dimiter Kenarov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. His first collection of poems, Patuvane kam kuhniata [A Journey to the Kitchen], was published in 2001 and won the Juzhna prolet/Literaturen vestnik award for best poetry debut. His second collection, Vlakat na zhivotnite [The Animal Train], is forthcoming in 2009. In addition, he has translated the selected poems of Elizabeth Bishop into Bulgarian. Kenarov is currently a graduate student in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.