Edward R. Vick (born in 1958 in Canada) was a marketing manager in the tourism and insurance sectors and was the founder of the Vick Foundation.
He graduated with a degree in English Literature from Cambridge University.
Edward Vick was behind Bulgaria's biggest literary prize.[1]
Nowadays Edward Vick is the CEO of international translation company EVS Translations.
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Edward Vick was a marketing manager in the tourism and insurance sectors and worked for American Express.
In 1991, Vick who speaks English, German, French and Italian languages founded translation company EVS Translations.[2]
Edward Vick established the Vick Foundation in 2004, which inaugurated the Bulgarian Novel of the Year prize.[3]
He was inspired by Booker prize winner Stanley Middleton who taught him at High Pavement Grammar School, Nottingham, UK.[4]
The aim of the foundation was to promote Bulgarian literature by sponsoring an annual literary prize for a contemporary Bulgarian novel.
The purpose of the Vick Prize was to assist, develop and promote Bulgarian fiction inside and outside Bulgaria.[5]
Seminar Title: The arrogance of English[6]
Seminar Title: Death of the translator?[7]
Seminar Title: English - the world’s leading language for business.[8]
Seminar Title: English as a leading language.[9]