Dimiter Kosev
Dimiter Konstantinow Kossew ( Bulgarian Димитър Константинов Косев ; born December 24, 1903 in Grosden ; † October 15, 1996 ) was a Bulgarian historian .
Life
Kosew was politically active early on. He was sentenced to death in 1925, but was released through an amnesty . In 1944 he joined the Bulgarian Communist Party . From 1950 to 1953 he was director of the Institute of History of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences . From 1964 he was chairman of the National Committee of Historians and the Bulgarian Historical Society . In 1971 he became a member of his party's Central Committee . From 1973 he was Vice President of the Academy.
He was a member of the editorial team of the five-volume Small Bulgarian Encyclopedia , published between 1963 and 1969, and of the six-volume Encyclopedia Bulgaria , published from 1978 . In his scientific work he dealt with recent Bulgarian history and the Bulgarian Enlightenment.
Kossew was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor and the Dimitrov Prize.
literature
- Kossew, Dimityr Konstantinow . In: Taschenlexikon Bulgaria , Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983, page 100 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kosev, Dimiter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kossew, Dimiter Konstantinow (full name); Косев, Димитър Константинов (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grosden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1996 |