Andrei Stoyanov Gulyashki ( bg, Андрей Стоянов Гуляшки) (May 7, 1914 – June 3, 1995) was a Bulgarian writer best known for the exploits of his character, detective Avakoum Zakhov."Соцреализмът сложи край на Авакум Захов"
/ref> Avakoum Zakhov first appeared in a 1959 novel ''Контраразузнаване'' (reissued as ''Случаят в Момчилово'', translated into English as ''

The Zakhov Mission ''The Zakhov Mission'' ( bg, Случаят в Момчилово, The Momchilovo Affair) is an espionage detective novel by the Bulgarian author Andrei Gulyashki first published in 1959 under the title Контраразузнаване (Counteri ...

'') and he is the protagonist of several more novels. Western press compared Zakhov with

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, and Gulyashki wrote the book about a "match" of Zakhov vs. Bond ''

Avakoum Zahov versus 07 ''Avakoum Zakhov vs. 07'' ( bg, Срещу 07) is an espionage novel by the Bulgarian author Andrei Gulyashki first published in 1966 and translated into English in 1967 (Sydney, Australia: Scripts. Paperback. 1967). Publication history Western ...

'', although the name Bond is never mentioned in the book and 007 is replaced with 07, due to copyright issues. The title allegedly lost a zero due to the objections of

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's publisher,

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.Гергина Кръстева, Илонка Георгиева, Мария Панова, БЪЛГАРСКИЯТ ДЖЕЙМС БОНД ИЛИ ГОСПОДИН НИКОЙ – НЯКОЛКО КРИМИНАЛНИ СЮЖЕТА В БЪЛГАРСКАТА ЛИТЕРАТУРА, Bulgarian Language and Literature Volume 58, Number 2, 2016 Български език и литература, pp. 187-193 Gulyashki received several state and literary awards and was member of the

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, the Bulgarian parliament, of 6th, 7th, and 8th convocations.

Works

*''Дон Кихот от Селвеция'', 1936 *''Жени'', 1938 *''Смъртна присъда'', 1940 *''МТ станция'', 1950 *''Село Ведрово'', 1952 *''Златното руно'', 1958 *''Контраразузнаване'', 1959 *''Случаят в Момчилово'', 1960 *''Приключение в полунощ'', 1960 *''Спящата красавица'', 1961 *''Приключенията на Авакум Захов'', 1962 *''През една дъждовна есен'', 1963 *''Седемте дни на нашия живот'', 1964 *''Малка нощна музика'', 1965 *''Срещу 07'', 1966 *''Романтична повест'', 1970 *''Златният век'', 1973 *''Последното приключение на Авакум Захов'', 1976 *''Открадването на Даная'', 1978 *''Златната жена'', 1980 *''Скитник броди по света'', 1982 *''Убийството на улица Чехов'', 1985 *''История с кучета'', 1985 *''Краят на Лалелия'', 1987 *''Чудакът''

References

External links

Works of and about Andrey Gulyaski
in the Bulgarian National Catalog of Academic Libraries * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gulyashki, Andrei 1914 births 1995 deaths Bulgarian writers Bulgarian mystery writers Bulgarian crime fiction writers Crime fiction writers Detective fiction writers