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author: Yoan Kolev

Yordan Radichkov: 85th birth anniversary

In January 2014 only few recalled that ten years had passed since the demise of sage-writer Yordan Radichkov. As he finished his mission on Earth his soul ascended to Heaven even though he would sometimes admit that Heaven was likely to be a..

24.10.14 12:56 |

1955: Le Traité de Varsovie

L’Organisation militaire du Traité de Varsovie n’a pas un rôle à part, car en temps de guerre, elle place les forces armées du Traité sous commandement soviétique. Le Pacte est en fait un instrument de contrôle politique et militaire exercé par l’Union..

21.10.14 13:30 |
A portrait of the writer and the cover of one of his volumes

Writer Triffon Kunev – always opposing authorities

Let’s get back in time, in order to recollect the “unbelievable rebel and original personality” Trifon Kunev. We offer you some an excerpt from his text, devoted to the period after the pro-Soviet coup d’etat on 9 September 1944: “September..

21.10.14 11:45 |

1953 yılı – Aleksandır Jendov kült kurbanı oluyor

Grafik ve ressam, Bulgar karikatürünün babası bir çok feyleton ve hiçin öykü yazarı Aleksandır Jendov 1953 yılında kansere yenik düşüp, vefat ediyor. Cenazesine bir avuç kişi gelmeye cesaret eder. Oysa ressamın meslektaşları arasında otoritesi..

17.10.14 13:51 |

1953: Alexander Zhendov y el culto a la personalidad

En 1953 Alexander Zhendov, artista del pincel y del grabado, uno de los “padres” de la caricatura búlgara, autor de multitud de cuentos y narraciones satíricas moría enfermo de cáncer. A pesar de su indudable prestigio en   los círculos de sus colegas..

12.10.14 08:00 |

1953: Alexander Zhendov and the personality cult

In 1953 Alexander Zhendov – a graphic artist, one of the “fathers” of Bulgarian political cartoons, author of many satires and feuilletons - died of cancer. Even though he was an uncontested authority among artists, no more than a..

11.10.14 09:00 |
Krıstü Sarafov , Griboedov’un “Ot uma si tegli”(Akılından başı ağırır) piyesinde Famusov rolünde.

Bulgar sahnesinin efsanelerinden biri olan Krıstü Sarafov ile vedalaştık

Krıstü Sarafov, Shakespeare piyeslerinde tüm baş kahramanları oynar, Gogol, Çehov Molier , Schiller, Yavorov’un piyeslerinde parlak roller yapar. Sarafov Bulgar literatüründe en popüler kahramanlardan bir olan pişman siyasetçi Golemanov’u oynayan ilk..

10.10.14 15:41 |
Collage: Verguil Mitev

1953: Alexandre Jendov et le culte de la personnalité

En 1953, le graphiste et peintre Alexandre Jendov, un des « pères » de la caricature bulgare, auteur de nombreux récits et feuilletons satiriques, est emporté par un cancer. Malgré sa renommée incontestable parmi ses collègues artistes, seule une..

08.10.14 11:47 |

1952: Muere la leyenda del teatro búlgaro, Krastyu Sarafov

Krastyu Saratov, maestro de varias generaciones de actores búlgaros, hizo gran número de papeles protagónicos en piezas de Shakespeare, Gogol, Chejov, Molliere, Shiller, Petko Todorov, Peyo Yavorov… Fue el primer actor que hizo el papel de..

05.10.14 08:00 |

1952: Saying farewell to Krustyo Sarafov, a legend of Bulgarian theatre

Krustyo Sarafov has played central roles in plays by Shakespeare, Gogol, Chekhov, Molière, Griboyedov, Schiller, Petko Todorov, Yavorov. He is the first actor to have played the role of Golemanov – the wannabe politician that has come to be..

04.10.14 10:05 |