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Emilio Salgari

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Arabic: أميليو سالغاري

Father of Italian Popular Culture, Grandfather of the Spaghetti Western, Father of Heroes are but three of the titles bestowed upon Italian adventure writer Emilio Salgari. He wrote more than two hundred short stories and novels, many of which are considered classics. Setting his tales in exotic locations, with heroes from a wide variety of cultures, Mr. Salgari brought the wonders of the world to the doorstep of generations of readers.

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Ran Bosilek

Latin transliteration of Bulgarian writer and translator Ран Босилек

Псевдоним на българския писател и преводач Генчо Негенцов. Баща му Станчо е занаятчия и опълченец от Освободителната война – починал, когато Генчо е седем годишен. Ран Босилек има двама братя и две сестри. Всички получават висше образование. Единият му брат е д-р Христо Негенцов (1881-1953), професор по педагогика. Другият му брат е Никола Негенцов (1888-1943) - физик, метеоролог, създател на метеорологията във военно-въздушните сили (ВВС).
Ран Босилек завършва Априловската гимназия в Габрово (1904) и известно време след това работи като учител (1904-1908). За своите малки ученици той написал първото си детско стихотворение „На косичка”, което било публикувано в списание „С

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Blaga Dimitrova

BG: Блага Димитрова

Blaga Nikolova Dimitrova (2 January 1922 – 2 May 2003) was a Bulgarian poetess and Vice President of Bulgaria from 1992 until 1993.

Born to a mother teacher and a father lawyer, Blaga Dimitrova was raised in Veliko Tarnovo and then moved to Sofia. She finished High School in 1942, and Slavic Philology at the University of Sofia in 1945.

In the 1970s, her works became more critical of the communist government, and she received reprimands for not being politically correct. Four of the poetry books Dimitrova wrote in the 1970s- "Fireflies Fading", "Rubber Plant", "Questions", and "Hobbyada"- were all rejected by state publishing houses with no specific reason given.

Blaga Dimitrova was the inspiration behind John Updike's short

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Wilhelm Busch

Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch was an influential German caricaturist, painter, and poet who is famed for his satirical picture stories with rhymed texts.

After initially studying mechanical engineering and then art in Düsseldorf, Antwerp, and Munich, he turned to drawing caricatures. One of his first picture stories, Max and Moritz (published in 1865), was an immediate success and has achieved the status of a popular classic and perennial bestseller.

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Irwin Shaw

Shaw was born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff in the South Bronx, New York City, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Shaw was a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for his novels, The Young Lions (1948) and Rich Man Poor Man (1970).

His parents were Rose and Will. His younger brother, David Shaw (died 2007), became a noted Hollywood producer. Shortly after Irwin's birth, the Shamforoffs moved to Brooklyn. Irwin changed his surname upon entering college. He spent most of his youth in Brooklyn, where he graduated from Brooklyn College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1934.

Shaw began screenwriting in 1935 at the age of 21, and scripted for

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Stanislav Stratiev

Latin transliteration of Bulgarian author Станислав Стратиев.

Stanislav Stratiev was born in Sofia in 1941. He began his career as a journalist while studying for an MA in Literature at Sofia University.

Stratiev's career as a playwright took off in 1974 with the runaway success of his first play, The Roman Bath, which was performed at the Sofia Satirical Theatre for more than 10 consecutive seasons to packed halls. (The play was staged again in 2006 and enjoys renewed success at the Satirical Theatre.) That was followed by The Suede Jacket, The Bus, and many others.

Stratiev's plays have been performed in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, the Slov

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Emilian Stanev

Emilian Stanev Емилиян Станев was the pseudonym Nikola Stoyanov Stanev (Никола Стоянов Станев), a 20th-century Bulgarian prose writer. Also spelled as Emiliian Stanev or Emiliyan Stanev.

Stanev was born in Veliko Tarnovo in 1907 and spent his childhood in Tarnovo and Elena, where he long lived with his family. From an early age, his father would take him to his hunting outings in the open, which influenced Stanev's later work, where nature is often described. In 1928, he finished the Elena high school as a private student and moved to Sofia, where he studied painting under Tseno Todorov. In the 1930s, he enrolled in Finances and Credit in Free University of Political and Economic Sciences, (today University of National end World Economy in

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Dimitar Dimov

Dimitar Dimov was a Bulgarian dramatist, novelist, and veterinary surgeon, best known for his best-selling novel "Tobacco" ("Tютюн").

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Viktor Paskov

Viktor Marinov Paskov (Bulgarian: Виктор Маринов Пасков; 10 September 1949 – 16 April 2009) was a Bulgarian writer, musician, musicologist and screenwriter.
Paskov was born in the capital Sofia and finished high school in the city. He graduated from what is today the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig, East Germany in 1976 and was part of several jazz bands. Viktor Paskov was in Germany as a composer, opera singer and critician until 1980, when he became literature and music editor with the Sofia Press publishing house, a position he held until 1987. In 1987, Paskov joined the Boyana Film Studio as an editor and screenwriter.
The years from 1990 to 1992 Paskov spent in Paris, France. He also worked as director of the Bu

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Yordan Yovkov

Йордан Стефанов Йовков участва в Балканската и Междусъюзническата война като командир на рота.
През Първата световна война е граничен офицер край река Места, а след това става военен кореспондент от Южния до Северния фронт.
Йовков дебютира като поет. През 1902–11 г. публикува стихове (общо 31) в различни периодични издания — в. „Съзнание“, списанията „Пробуда“, „Художник“, „Ново време“, „Ново общество“и "Бисери".
Първата си белетристична творба - „Овчарова жалба“, с подзаглавие „Старопланинска легенда“ — Йовков публикува в списание „Просвета“ през 1910 г.

Годините, прекарани по фронтовете на трите войни, предопределят тематиката и персонажите в по-нататъчното му творчество. Военните си творби Йовков започва да печата от началото на 1913 г. (

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Stanislav Stratiev

Latin transliteration of Bulgarian author Станислав Стратиев.

Stanislav Stratiev was born in Sofia in 1941. He began his career as a journalist while studying for an MA in Literature at Sofia University.

Stratiev's career as a playwright took off in 1974 with the runaway success of his first play, The Roman Bath, which was performed at the Sofia Satirical Theatre for more than 10 consecutive seasons to packed halls. (The play was staged again in 2006 and enjoys renewed success at the Satirical Theatre.) That was followed by The Suede Jacket, The Bus, and many others.

Stratiev's plays have been performed in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, the Slov

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Ran Bosilek

Latin transliteration of Bulgarian writer and translator Ран Босилек

Псевдоним на българския писател и преводач Генчо Негенцов. Баща му Станчо е занаятчия и опълченец от Освободителната война – починал, когато Генчо е седем годишен. Ран Босилек има двама братя и две сестри. Всички получават висше образование. Единият му брат е д-р Христо Негенцов (1881-1953), професор по педагогика. Другият му брат е Никола Негенцов (1888-1943) - физик, метеоролог, създател на метеорологията във военно-въздушните сили (ВВС).
Ран Босилек завършва Априловската гимназия в Габрово (1904) и известно време след това работи като учител (1904-1908). За своите малки ученици той написал първото си детско стихотворение „На косичка”, което било публикувано в списание „С

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Aleko Konstantinov

BG: Алеко Константинов

Aleko Ivanitsov Konstantinov, also known as Shtastlivetsa ("The Lucky Guy") is best known for his feuilletons and as the creator of the character Bay Ganyo, one of the most popular characters in Bulgarian fiction.

Konstantinov, a cosmopolitan traveler, was the first Bulgarian to write about his visits to Western Europe and America. His visits to the World Exhibitions in Paris, Prague and Chicago provided Bulgarian readers, who had recently gained independence from nearly 500 years of Turkish Ottoman oppression, with a portrait of the developed world.

Hе was assassinated in 1897 near Radilovo while traveling to Peshtera, most likely by mistake with the target being his friend (a local politician), with whom he had just

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Yordan Radichkov

Yordan Radichkov was a Bulgarian writer and playwright.

Literary critics Adelina Angusheva and Galin Tihanov called him "arguably the most significant voice of Bulgarian literature in the last third of the 20th century". Some literary critics have referred to him as the Bulgarian Kafka or Gogol. Radichkov is widely known for his numerous short stories, novels and plays. He is also known for the screenplays of the Bulgarian film classics Torrid Noon (1966) directed by Zako Heskiya, The Tied Up Balloon (1967) and The Last Summer (1974).

In 2000, Radichkov was decorated with the high government prize the Order of the Balkan Mountains. In 2007, a monument dedicated to him was officially opened at the garden of the former Royal Palace, nowadays Na

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Emilian Stanev

Emilian Stanev Емилиян Станев was the pseudonym Nikola Stoyanov Stanev (Никола Стоянов Станев), a 20th-century Bulgarian prose writer. Also spelled as Emiliian Stanev or Emiliyan Stanev.

Stanev was born in Veliko Tarnovo in 1907 and spent his childhood in Tarnovo and Elena, where he long lived with his family. From an early age, his father would take him to his hunting outings in the open, which influenced Stanev's later work, where nature is often described. In 1928, he finished the Elena high school as a private student and moved to Sofia, where he studied painting under Tseno Todorov. In the 1930s, he enrolled in Finances and Credit in Free University of Political and Economic Sciences, (today University of National end World Economy in

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Dimitar Dimov

Dimitar Dimov was a Bulgarian dramatist, novelist, and veterinary surgeon, best known for his best-selling novel "Tobacco" ("Tютюн").

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Viktor Paskov

Viktor Marinov Paskov (Bulgarian: Виктор Маринов Пасков; 10 September 1949 – 16 April 2009) was a Bulgarian writer, musician, musicologist and screenwriter.
Paskov was born in the capital Sofia and finished high school in the city. He graduated from what is today the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig, East Germany in 1976 and was part of several jazz bands. Viktor Paskov was in Germany as a composer, opera singer and critician until 1980, when he became literature and music editor with the Sofia Press publishing house, a position he held until 1987. In 1987, Paskov joined the Boyana Film Studio as an editor and screenwriter.
The years from 1990 to 1992 Paskov spent in Paris, France. He also worked as director of the Bu

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Branislav Nušić

Born Alkibijad Nuša (Aromanian: Alchiviadi al Nuşa) in Belgrade, Principality of Serbia to a well-off family, Nušić enjoyed the benefits of a privileged upbringing for only a brief time. His father Đorđe Nuša was a well known grain merchant of Cincar (Aromanian Vlach) origin who lost his wealth shortly after his son's birth and was forced to move the family to Smederevo where young Alkibijad attended elementary school and first two grades of boarding school. During his teens, Nuša moved back to Belgrade where he graduated from boarding school. Upon turning 18 years of age, he legally changed his name to Branislav Nušić. In 1884, he graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School. During his studies, he also spent a year in Graz, Aust

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Rafael Sabatini

Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages. By the time he was seventeen, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English. " In all, he produced thirty one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous u

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Aleko Konstantinov

BG: Алеко Константинов

Aleko Ivanitsov Konstantinov, also known as Shtastlivetsa ("The Lucky Guy") is best known for his feuilletons and as the creator of the character Bay Ganyo, one of the most popular characters in Bulgarian fiction.

Konstantinov, a cosmopolitan traveler, was the first Bulgarian to write about his visits to Western Europe and America. His visits to the World Exhibitions in Paris, Prague and Chicago provided Bulgarian readers, who had recently gained independence from nearly 500 years of Turkish Ottoman oppression, with a portrait of the developed world.

Hе was assassinated in 1897 near Radilovo while traveling to Peshtera, most likely by mistake with the target being his friend (a local politician), with whom he had just

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Yordan Radichkov

Yordan Radichkov was a Bulgarian writer and playwright.

Literary critics Adelina Angusheva and Galin Tihanov called him "arguably the most significant voice of Bulgarian literature in the last third of the 20th century". Some literary critics have referred to him as the Bulgarian Kafka or Gogol. Radichkov is widely known for his numerous short stories, novels and plays. He is also known for the screenplays of the Bulgarian film classics Torrid Noon (1966) directed by Zako Heskiya, The Tied Up Balloon (1967) and The Last Summer (1974).

In 2000, Radichkov was decorated with the high government prize the Order of the Balkan Mountains. In 2007, a monument dedicated to him was officially opened at the garden of the former Royal Palace, nowadays Na

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Stephanie Baudet

I'm the author of over 50 books for children plus an historical novella for adults.

I have been published by such companies as Puffin, Andre Deutsch, Hamish Hamilton, Cambridge University Press, Anglia Young Books and Poolbeg Press, and I'm currently working on my third series for Sweet Cherry Publishing.

I have been teaching creative writing, as well as copy-editing and proof-reading, for over 15 years, and also do manuscript appraisals at very competitive rates.

Please see my website:
http://www.stephaniebaudet.co.uk/

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Nikolai Haitov

Nikolai Haitov (Bulgarian: Николай Хайтов) was a Bulgarian fiction writer, playwright, patriot and publicist known for his publications and research regarding the life of Bulgarian revolutioner Vasil Levski.

His book Wild Tales was widely translated.

Find out more on Wikipedia.

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Yordan Yovkov

Йордан Стефанов Йовков участва в Балканската и Междусъюзническата война като командир на рота.
През Първата световна война е граничен офицер край река Места, а след това става военен кореспондент от Южния до Северния фронт.
Йовков дебютира като поет. През 1902–11 г. публикува стихове (общо 31) в различни периодични издания — в. „Съзнание“, списанията „Пробуда“, „Художник“, „Ново време“, „Ново общество“и "Бисери".
Първата си белетристична творба - „Овчарова жалба“, с подзаглавие „Старопланинска легенда“ — Йовков публикува в списание „Просвета“ през 1910 г.

Годините, прекарани по фронтовете на трите войни, предопределят тематиката и персонажите в по-нататъчното му творчество. Военните си творби Йовков започва да печата от началото на 1913 г. (

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Jan van Helsing

Penname of Jan Udo Holey

German Historian who embraces conspiracy theories involving subjects such as world domination plots by freemasons, Hitler's continuing survival in Antarctica following World War II, and the structure of the earth as hollow-- among others.

Two of his books are banned in Germany

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Milen Ruskov

Profile in Bulgarian: Милен Русков.

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Anton Donchev

Anton Donchev graduated from the University of Sofia in 1953, but soon declined a position as a judge in a regional court and started writing. His first book was published in 1961 and was followed by the world-famous Time of Parting (1964) said to be written in only 41 days. Donchev went on to write a dozen novels and about half a dozen screenplays.

His latest book was published in 2016.

Bulgarian biography in Wikipedia

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Hristo Botev

Hristo Botev (Bulgarian: Христо Ботев, also transliterated as Hristo Botyov) was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Botev is widely considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero.

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Geo Milev

Geo Milev studied in Sofia and later in Leipzig where he was introduced to German Expressionism. His university thesis was on Richard Dehmel. Beginning in 1916 he fought in the World War I, where he was severely injured. After recuperating in Berlin he began to collaborate with the magazine Aktion. Upon his return to Bulgaria he started to publish the Bulgarian modernist magazine Везни (Scales), in Sofia. He contributed as a translator, theatre reviewer, director and editor of anthologies.
On May 15, 1925 Geo Milev was taken to the police station for a "short interrogation" from which he never returned. His fate remained unknown for 30 years. In 1954 during the trial of General Ivan Valkov and a group of physical executioners one of them con

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Ivan Vazov

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