Dimitar Talev ( bg, Димитър Талев) (1 September 1898 – 20 October 1966) was a
Bulgarian
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writer, journalist, political prisoner, and member of the
Bulgarian National Assembly.
Biography
Born in
Prilep
Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko.
Name
The name of Prilep appear ...
, in the
Manastir Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
(present-day
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
), he graduated high school in
Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
. Talev studied medicine and philosophy in
Zagreb
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and
Vienna
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, and
Slavic philology in
Sofia University
Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...
(1925). He was the managing editor of the ''Macedonia'' newspaper, and a contributor and editor in the ''Zora'' newspaper.
In 1944 he was arrested by the Bulgarian communist authorities and was sent to the Sofia Central Prison and later to the
labour camp
A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons (especi ...
s
Bobov Dol
Bobov Dol ( bg, Бобов дол ; also Bobovdol) is a town in Bobov Dol Municipality, Kyustendil Province, southwestern Bulgaria. Bobov Dol lies near the geographic centre of the Balkan Peninsula and is known for its coal mines and Bobov Dol Pow ...
and . He was expelled from the
Bulgarian Writers' Union
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and from 1948 to 1952 he was exiled to
Lukovit
Lukovit ( bg, Луковит ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Lovech Province. It is situated on both banks of the Zlatna Panega between the Danubian Plain and the foot of Stara Planina. As of December 2009, the town has a population ...
. After
was replaced by
Todor Zhivkov
Todor Hristov Zhivkov ( bg, Тодор Христов Живков ; 7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the ''de facto'' leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 ...
, Talev was declared by the new government as unlawfully repressed and was subsequently pardoned and rehabilitated. His membership in the author's union was restored and he would be elected to its governing board. Zhivkov's government awarded Talev three awards in the field of literation - in 1959, 1963 and 1966, respectively. In 1966 Talev was elected as MP in the 31st Narodno Sabranie (Bulgarian Parliament).
Talev Glacier
Talev Glacier ( bg, Талев ледник, Talev lednik, ) is the 4 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier on Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated west of Cadman Glacier and southeast of Butam ...
on
Graham Land
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,
Antarctica
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is named after Dimitar Talev.
Literary work
Talev published his first story in 1917 in the newspaper "Rodina" (Motherland),
Skopje
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The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
. Later he continued to publish his literary texts in periodicals in Bulgaria and abroad. His first book, "The Tears of my Mother" was published in 1925. It was a collection of stories and tales for children. He published several more books, notably his
tetralogy
A tetralogy (from Greek τετρα- ''tetra-'', "four" and -λογία ''-logia'', "discourse") is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works. The name comes from the Attic theater, in which a tetralogy was a group of three tragedies ...
"The Iron Lantern", "Prespa Bells", "Ilinden " and "I Hear Your Voices".
In 2016, the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria sent an inquiry to the authorities in the Republic of Macedonia due to copyright violations regarding the translation and publication of parts of Talev's tetralogy by a private publishing house. The novels of Dimitar Talev were translated with dozens of pages cut out and replacement of the word "Bulgarian" with "Macedonian" in the text. The case reached the European Parliament. In 2021, Bulgarian President
Rumen Radev
Rumen Georgiev Radev ( bg, Румен Георгиев Радев ; born 18 June 1963) is a Bulgarian politician and former major general who is the current president of Bulgaria since 22 January 2017.
Radev previously served as higher command ...
sent original copies of the tetralogy to North Macedonia, stating that the persecution of Bulgarian books and their falsification must remain irretrievably in the past.
[Президентът Румен Радев подкрепи инициативата „Изпрати българска книга в Македония“]
Vesti.bg, 29 март 2021.
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Novels
*''Arduous Years'' ( bg, Усилни години)
**Part 1. ''In The Dusk of Morning'' ( bg, В дрезгавината на утрото) 1928
**Part 2. ''Revival'' ( bg, Подем) 1929
**Part 3. ''Ilinden'' ( bg, Илинден) 1930
*''The Iron Oil Lamp'' ( bg, Железният светилник) 1952
*''Ilinden'' ( bg, Илинден) 1953
*''Kiprovets Arose'' ( bg, Кипровец въстана) 1954
*''The Bells of Prespa'' ( bg, Преспанските камбани) 1954
*''Samuil
Samuel (also Samuil; bg, Самуил, ; mk, Самоил/Самуил, ; Old Church Slavonic: Самоилъ; died October 6, 1014) was the Tsar (''Emperor'') of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 6 October 1014. From 977 to 997, he was ...
'' ( bg, Самуил)
**Book 1. ''Shields of Stone'' ( bg, Щитове каменни) 1958
**Book 2. ''Cinderella and the Prince'' ( bg, Пепеляшка и царския син) 1959
**Book 3. ''Downfall'' ( bg, Погибел) 1960
*''I Hear Your Voices'' ( bg, Гласовете ви чувам) 1966
Short stories and collections
*''The Golden Key'' ( bg, Златният ключ) 1935
*''The Great King'' ( bg, Великият цар) 1937
*''The Old House'' ( bg, Старата къща) 1938
*''Novels and short stories'' ( bg, Повести и разкази) 1962
References
External links
The Iron Oil Lamp (in Bulgarian)
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1898 births
1966 deaths
People from Prilep
People from Manastir vilayet
Bulgarian historical fiction writers
Bulgarian children's writers
Bulgarian male writers
Sofia University alumni
Bulgarian journalists
Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria)
Burials at Central Sofia Cemetery
Macedonian Bulgarians
20th-century journalists