Pejo Jaworow

Pejo Jaworow

Pejo Jaworow ( Bulgarian Пейо Яворов ; born January 1, 1878 in Chirpan , † October 29, 1914 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian poet and revolutionary fighter . His real name is Pejo Totew Kracholov ( Bulgarian Пейо Тотев Крачолов ). He is considered to be one of the founders of Bulgarian symbolism .

Life

Jaworow broke his school education with the completion of the ninth grade according to the will of his father. From 1893 to 1901 he worked as a telegraph postman in various cities in Bulgaria, a. a. in his hometown of Chirpan , as well as in Stara Zagora, Straldsch, Sliven, Pomorie and Sofia. During this period he was an active sympathizer of the Marxist-socialist oriented "Bulgarian Workers and Social Democratic Party", after 1897 he came into close contact with the BMARK ( Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee / Български Македоно-Одринсно-Одрински революмикитикитикитикитикитикитикитикитики революм .

At first he was an editor of various newspapers and magazines that were associated with the BMARK. a. "Delo" (bulg. Дело ), "Swoboda ili Smart" (bulg. Свобода или смърт - freedom or death), "Avtonomija" (bulg. Автономия - autonomy), "Ilinden" (bulg. Илинден - Elias). His first published work is "Napred" (bulg. Напред - forward) in the newspaper "Glas makedonski" (bulg. Глас македонски - Macedonian voice). In 1903 he took part in the Ilinden uprising and illegally crossed the Bulgarian-Turkish border to Macedonia several times to take part in combat operations. In the freedom struggles in Macedonia he becomes a close comrade of Goze Deltschew . Pejo Jaworow became his first biographer when he wrote his work Goze Deltschew in 1904. A great tragedy for the poet was the death of his companion Deltschew (1903). After his death and because of disagreements with Jane Sandanski Jaworow ended his revolutionary work.

During his revolutionary activities in Sofia, Jaworow, with the support of Pencho Slawejkow and Dr. Krastjo Krastew , employee and editor of the literary magazine Misal (Bulgarian Мисъл - thought ) and member of its literary circle. Kaliopa was the work that attracted Slawejkow and Krastew's attention to Jaworow. In 1901 Jaworow published his first collection of poems Stihotworenija (Bulgarian Стихотворения - poems). The second edition from 1904 contains a foreword by Pencho Slawejkow. In 1905 Jaworow became close friends with the writer and poet Dora Gabe . During this time he worked as a librarian and dramaturge in the national theater "Iwan Wasow" . Through his work, Jaworow often traveled abroad and visited Nancy, Geneva, Vienna and Paris several times. The contact with other cultures, literatures and poetry - especially the French - shaped his subsequent works. Inspired by the work of the National Theater emerged the two plays W polite na Vitosha (bulg. В полите на Витоша - At the foot of Vitosha) (1910) and Kogato gram Udari, kak ehoto zaglahwa (bulg. Когато гръм удари, как ехото заглъхва - When it thunders the echo becomes mute) (1912).

In 1906 he falls in love with Mina Todorowa, the sister of the Bulgarian writer Petko Todorow . In 1907 he published his second collection of poems Bezsanici (Bulgarian Безсъници - insomnia), which established his fame in modern Bulgarian poetry . In 1910 he accompanied his lover on her last trip to Paris, where she died of tuberculosis . She is buried in Paris, Jaworow often visited her grave in the following years.

In 1910 the work Podir Senkite na oblacite (Bulgarian Подир сенките на облаците - the shadow of the clouds) was published. Many critics see his second edition as a review of his poetic path, which is often compared to that of Christo Botew .

Jaworow sitting in the middle with his Tscheta

The soulful Jaworow found it difficult to adapt to life in the capital filled with vanity and wealth, which was also reflected in his works. Again a woman brought light into his life - Lora Karawelowa , the daughter of the Bulgarian politician Petko Karawelow . Both married in Kyustendil in 1912 before he went to the Balkan Wars . As a member of IMARO , Jaworow joined the Macedonian-Adrianople Landwehr as a volunteer and took part in battles against Turks, Greeks and Serbs as a Cheetah leader . From the correspondence between him and Karavelova, which represents a special read, one concludes that their love was fiery and stormy, with a lot of passion and doubt and above all fatal.

The tragic end of love came on November 29, 1913 when Karavelova committed suicide and shot herself after a scene of jealousy . Jaworow also tried to commit suicide using the words: “My Lora shot herself. I follow her ”wrote down. The shot only injured Jaworow, he went blind from the injury. Almost a year later, saddened by the trial and the rumors that he was guilty of Karawelova's death and thus a murderer, he committed suicide. On October 29, 1914, Jaworow ingested a large dose of poison and shot himself.

In 1929 the Bulgarian sculptor Iwan Lasarow created a tomb for Jaworow. Yavorov Peak is named after him on Livingston Island in Antarctica .

Works

Memorial plaque in Burgas

• Macedonia
• Goce Delchev 1904
• Podir senkite na oblacite
• W polite na Vitosha
• Hajduschki pesni
• Dwe Hubawi Otschi - Two beautiful eyes

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Parts of this page are based on the Пейо Яворов as well as other Bulgarian sources. The site Пейо Яворов is based on the website Slovoto (bulg.) And has Словото permission to publish any autobiography in wikipedia.

1. ↑ http://www.zentral-antiquariat.de/jaworow/index.htm
2. ↑ The poem: Two beautiful eyes http://liternet.bg/publish8/piavorov/poezia/dve_en.htm (eng)

Web links

Commons : Pejo Jaworow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Pejo Jaworow in the catalog of the German National Library