Ivaylo Ditchev (Bulgarian: Ивайло Дичев) is professor of cultural anthropology at Sofia University, Bulgaria. He has been teaching abroad, mainly in France and the USA. Honorary associate of the Graduate school for East and South-East European studies in Regensburg Ivaylo Ditchev is also an active columnist in Bulgaria and Germany, author of books of essays and fiction. He was awarded the Essay prizes: « Panitza » 1999; « Chernorizetz Hrabar » 2002, “Dimitar Peshev” - 2005.