Čavdar Mutafov ( bg, Чавдар Мутафов; September 19, 1899 – March 10, 1954) was a

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n architect and writer, considered to be one of the leading

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writers in his country during the period between the two world wars. His first name also appears as Chavdar. Mutafov was born in

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. He studied engineering in

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from 1908 to 1914. He married Fani Popova and the couple continued their education in Munich during the 1920s, Mutafov studying architecture, before returning to Bulgaria. Mutafov worked as an architect. He published essays in the monthly journal ''Zlatorog'' and also gave talks on modern art, music, film and industrial design. Besides his essays and novel, Mutafov also wrote short stories and

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s. His writing was subject to censorship under the communist regime in Bulgaria. He died in

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in 1954. A selection of his essays was published in 1993.

Selected works

* ''Zelenijat kon'' (The green horse), essay (1920) * ''”Diletant'' (Dilettante), novel (1926)

References

1899 births 1954 deaths Bulgarian male short story writers Bulgarian novelists Male novelists Bulgarian male writers 20th-century Bulgarian novelists 20th-century Bulgarian writers 20th-century Bulgarian short story writers {{Bulgaria-writer-stub