Yassen Vassilev (born 05. 06. 1988) is a young Bulgarian poet. He is currently studying Dramaturgy at the National Academy of Theater and Film Art “Krastio Sarafov”, Sofia, Bulgaria.

In May 2009 he published his first collection of poems called “Infinity Hangs Blind”, which had won the National Prize for Literature of Hermes Books – one of the biggest Publishing houses in Bulgaria.

He had published poems, prose and articles in most of the prestigious Bulgarian literature magazines and newspapers, both printed and online.

He had also won several National awards for poetry and prose.

Together with Mina Stoyanova – he is co-author of three performances based on their poetry – “Delusions” (2007), “When the Clocks are Melting” (2008) and “Dirtify/WarX” (2009).