Christo Fotew

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Christo Fotew ( Bulgarian Христо Фотев ; born March 25, 1934 in Istanbul , Turkey , † July 27, 2002 in Sofia , Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian poet , dramaturge , writer and publicist .

Life

Christo Fotew was born in Istanbul in 1934. In 1940 his family moved to Burgas , where they settled in the Bratja Miladinowi refugee district. He finished the Petar Beron elementary school there and in 1951 the high school for factory workers in Sliven . In the same year he failed the entrance exams for the Bulgarian National Art Academy and became a fisherman on a fishing boat in the Black Sea . Between 1953 and 1954 he did military service in the Bulgarian Navy .

Works (selection)

  • Баладично пътуване, 1961.
  • Лирика, 1965.
  • Сантиментални посвещения, 1967.
  • Пристанище, 1969.
  • Обещание за поезия, 1978.
  • Литургия за делфините, 1981.
  • Спомен за един жив, 1982.
  • Словесен пейзаж. Избрани стихотворения, 1984.
  • Венецианска нощ. Поеми, 1989.
  • Книга за свободата. Поема, 1991
  • Аполис, 1993.
  • Над съня, 1995.
  • Тембъри, прогонени от рая. Стихове, текстове, интервюта, 1996.
  • Пейзаж от думи. Лирика, 1997.
  • Събрани съчинения. Том 1, Поезия, 1998.
  • Възхвала на думите, 1999.
  • Море, 2000.
  • Словесен вертикал, 2000.

Awards

  • In 1994 Christo Fotew received the Slaten Pegas literary prize and a year later he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Burgas .

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.burgas.bg/bg/info/index/595

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