Djado Blago

Stojan Stójków Russew (also Stoyan Rusev Stoykov written Bulgarian Стоян Стойков Русев ), known by his pseudonym Djado Blago (also Dyado Blago written Bulgarian Дядо Благо ; * 2. February 1864 in Saborna , then Ottoman Empire ; † 16th January 1938 in Sofia , Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian poet , teacher , co-founder of the Association of Bulgarian Writers and children's book author .

Life

Stojan Stojkow Russew was born on February 2, 1864 in Saborna (today Sabernowo near Malko Tarnowo ). He first attended the monastery school in his village and then the Progymnasium in Burgas and the Gymnasium in Sliven . For the next 53 years he worked as a teacher in several villages in the municipality of Burgas, in the city of Burgas and in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

In 1889 Stojan Stojkow Russew in Burgas with Zvezda (Bulgarian Звезда, to German star) from his first and last collection of poems for adults. In 1896 he was the first to translate the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales into Bulgarian. He worked as an author for the magazines Gradinka (1894–1897) and Rosna Kitka (1905–1907) as well as for the newspaper Slawejtsche (1906–1910). Since 1906 Russew signed his works with the pseudonym Djado Blago . In 1913 he was among the founders of the Union of Bulgarian Writers. In 1926 he shared a collection of children's riddles with Dora Gabe in Burgas .

In 1928 he moved from Burgas to Sofia, where he co-founded the Association of Bulgarian Children's Writers. In 1933 he published the supplement Semedeltsche (on German farmer's children) in the Semedelsko sname newspaper. In 1930 his collection of riddles, fairy tales, proverbs and fables was published "Кръгосветче". A year later he published the children's magazine Rosna Kapka (Bulgarian Росна капка).

Djado Blago died on January 16, 1938 in Sofia.

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• Brief biography of Djado Blago in Ivan Karajotow , Stojan Rajtschewski, Mitko Ivanov: История на Бургас. От древността до средата на ХХ век (about German history of the city of Burgas. From antiquity to the middle of the 20th century ), Verlag Tafprint OOD, Plovdiv, 2011, ISBN 978-954-92689-1-1 , p. 267
• Brief biography of Djado Blago (Bulgarian)