Krastjo Pischurka

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Krastjo Stojanow Pischurka (1856)

Krastjo Stojanow Pishurka (also written Krastjo Stoyanov Pishurka , Bulgarian Кръстьо Стоянов Пишурка ; * 1823 Wraza or in Lom ; † January 6, 1875 ibid) was a Bulgarian theater director and actor as well as teacher and national writer from the time of the Bulgarian national rebirth .

Life

Childhood and youth

Most sources speak of a family of writers from which Krastjo Pischurka is said to come. For other sources, the family origin of Krastjo Pischurka is uncertain.

It is said from his early childhood that the residents of his village fled into cisterns during an attack. This attack is associated with the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) . Krastjo Pischurka is said to have been saved and then raised in Ukraine by a Belarusian officer.

He attended elementary school in Wraza and later studied at the Greek school in Plovdiv , graduating from the Greek school in Istanbul .

Act

The Chitalishte founded by Krastjo Pischurka in Lom

He was one of the first Bulgarian directors and actors. In 1856 he founded the Tschitalischte in Lom. Since women were not allowed to perform, he took on the role of Genowewa at the premiere on November 30th jul. / December 12th 1856 greg. . He was arrested for "evoking patriotic sentiments" and sentenced to three months in prison.

After being driven out of Lom, he became a teacher in Vidin . In 1862 he returned to Lom, where he opened a bookshop in 1872.

Krastjo Pischurka left an extensive literary work, translated and Bulgarian dramas and novellas . He worked for the following newspapers and magazines: Zarigradski Westnik , Makedonija , Zornitza , Tschitalischte and Utschiliste .

Works (selection)

  • Аделаида, алпийската пастирка , 1857
  • Сбор от български песни , 1864
  • Опелото на Исуса Христа , 1869
  • Изпаднал търговец или смъртна жертва , 1870
  • Момина китка или книга за секого , translation from the French of a play by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont , 1870
  • Куткудячка или разни морални стихове и приказки , 1871
  • Рахилин плач , translation from Serbian , 1872

Marriage and offspring

In Lom he married Angelina. She and her husband got involved in the context of the Bulgarian Revival . In 1858 she founded the first Bulgarian women's association in Lom.

They had five children: Maria, Alexander Krastjo, Viktoria, Stephan and Grosdanka. Maria died as a child. Alexander Krastjo took part in the preparations for the April uprising . As a volunteer in the Bulgarian Landwehr, he died in the battle of the Shipka Pass . Victoria married the teacher and writer Dimiter Marinov in Lom. Stephan emigrated to Leipzig and started a family there. He was friends with Konstantin Jireček . Grosdanka herself had no offspring, she raised the youngest daughter of her sister Viktoria.

reception

Monument to Krastjo Pishurkas in Lom

In 1933 a memorial to him was inaugurated on the square in front of the Tschitalischte in Lom. During the socialist era , a town south of Lom was named after him. In Lom today he is honored with a theater festival that takes place at the end of September.

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literature

  • Кратка българска енциклопедия , Издателство на БАН, Sofia, 1967
  • Търново, Велико: Енциклопедия на българската възрожденска литература , Sofia, 1996, ISBN 954-427-251-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Кръстьо Пишурка - ерудираният врачанин от Възраждането
  2. ↑ Franziska Stelzner: On the career of the first practicing Leipzig dentists using the example of Alexandra Koch, b. Pischurka (1895-1986). Dissertation, University of Leipzig 2005, p. 30.
  3. ↑ "Произлиза от стар, издигнат врачански род с много книжовници, ..." Quote: Кръстьо Пишурка - ерудираният врачанин от Възраждането in: news.vratza.com , see. Кръстьо Пишурка - ерудираният врачанин от Възраждането in: http://shansnews.vratza.com/bg/krasto-pishurka-erudiraniyat-vrachanin-ot-vazrazhdaneto/  ( page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / shansnews.vratza.com  
  4. ↑ Krastjo Pischurka: Origin and family history up to the grandchildren generation , January 2013, p. 16 ff.
  5. ↑ Franziska Stelzner: On the career of the first practicing Leipzig dentists using the example of Alexandra Koch, b. Pischurka (1895-1986). Dissertation, University of Leipzig 2005, p. 30.
  6. ↑ Krastjo Pischurka: Origin and family history up to the grandchildren generation , January 2013, p. 16
  7. ↑ Krastjo Pischurka: Origin and family history up to the grandchildren generation , January 2013, p. 9 ff.
  8. ↑ Batewa, Mimi: Viktoria Pischurka (1857-1919) , in: Lom-Press of December 7, 1994, p. 6
  9. ↑ Krastjo Pischurka: Origin and family history up to the grandchildren generation , January 2013, p. 8

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personal data
SURNAME Pishurka, Krastjo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pischurka, Krastjo Stojanow (full name); Pishurka, Krastjo Stoyanov; Пишурка, Кръстьо Стоянов (BgS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian theater director and actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Wraza or Lom
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1875
Place of death Lom