Elin Pelin

Bulgarian writer (1877–1949) Elin PelinЕлин ПелинBornDimitar Ivanov Stoyanov(1877-07-08)8 July 1877Bailovo, Ottoman Empire (now Bulgaria)Died3 December 1949(1949-12-03) (aged 72)Sofia, BulgariaResting placeCentral Sofia CemeteryChildren2Writing careerGenresstory, impression (short story), Balkan country poem, Bulgarian novelSubjectBulgarian village lifeNotable works"Fatherland's politeness" (1895), country poem Elin Pelin (Bulgarian: Елин Пелин [ɛˈlin pɛˈlin]) (8 July 1877 – 3 December 1949), born Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov (Димитър Иванов Стоянов) was a Bulgarian writer. Stoyan Christowe called him "Bulgaria's leading writer". Biography He was born in the village of Bailovo, in Sofia District. He completed his primary education, but not his secondary education. Studying to become a teacher, he taught for a year in 1895 in his native village. He went to Sofia some time after that, and from 1898 to 1900 returned to live in Bailovo. He was first published in 1901, and the respect it earned him in literary circles encouraged him to go to Sofia in 1903, where he worked as a librarian at the Sofia University library and national library of Bulg