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. Stoyanov’s first collection ‘Stories’ (''Razkazi'', 1909) was followed by his most famous work, the popular drama ‘Masters’ (''Maistori'', 1922).Nagy, Peter; Rouyer, Phillippe; Rubin, Don, “World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe”, London/New York, Routledge, 2013, pp. 158-159. Stoyanov is normally placed along as a realist in the tradition of

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. Being extremely demanding and doubtful regarding his own works is partly considered to be the reason to publish only one more work in his lifetime: the popular novella ‘Mother Magdalena’ (''Maika Magdalina'', 1936).Smirnov, Atanas; Kranzov, Georgi, “The Known and Unknown Racho Stoyanov” (introduction), In: Stoyanov, Racho, “The Selected Works”, 2 vols, Sofia, 1976, pp. 5-15. Although all of his works were met with critical acclaim and the writer himself was also an established translator (of authors as

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etc.) he left a vast amount of unfinished works, including novellas, stories, dramas and articles. They were discovered and published posthumously in 1976, among them the novellas ‘Valchi Dol’ and ‘Doganovi’, as well as an unfinished memoir. He never married and his manuscripts were left over to his sister. He studied and lived in Gabrovo, Varna and Sofia (nowadays the theater in Gabrovo carries his name) and a national literary prize on his name is awarded each three years.

Bibliography

Smirnov, Atanas; Kranzov, Georgi, “The Known and Unknown Racho Stoyanov” (introduction), In: Stoyanov, Racho, “The Selected Works”, 2 vols, Sofia, 1976, pp. 5–15. Gardev, Borislav, “The Mystery Racho Stoyanov”, In
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Nagy, Peter; Rouyer, Phillippe; Rubin, Don, “World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe”, London/New York, Routledge, 2013, pp. 158–159.

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