Under the yoke

Under the yoke ( Bulgarian Под игото Pod igoto ) is the title of a novel by Ivan Wasow . He is one of the classics of Bulgarian literature .

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The novel consists of three parts: In the small Bulgarian town of Bjala Čerkva , its inhabitants are preparing for a revolt against the Ottoman rule . Ivan Kraliča, a Bulgarian from Vidin who was exiled to Diyarbakir by the Turks , fled his home under the false name Bojčo Ognjanov and is now at the head of the uprising. Ognjanov manages to find allies in the village, but it is difficult to unite the different characters and to commit to the common goal. Together they take part in the Bulgarian April uprising in 1876, which is bloodily suppressed by the Turks. As a result, Ognjanov is killed by the Ottomans.

background

The novel was written in 1888 while in exile in Odessa .

The novel has been translated into many languages (including English, French and German) and has been filmed twice: in 1952 as a feature film (with Sylvie Vartan in a supporting role) and in 1990 as a TV series.

German editions

Jwan Wasoff: Under the yoke . Translation by Athanas Dimitrov. Published by Fritz von Philipp (Bulgarian Consul) in Parlapanoff Verlag, Leipzig 1918
Ivan Wasov: Under the yoke . Translation by Toma Topolov. Construction Publishing House, Berlin 1957
Ivan Wasov: Under the yoke. With an introduction by Erich Arendt and an afterthought by Norbert Randow . Illustrations by Kurt Zimmermann . Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1967, DNB 458502367 (original title: Под игото Pod igoto . - The version edited by Norbert Randow is based on the translation from Bulgarian by Toma Topolov.).

Web links

Full text. In: slovo.bg (Bulgarian)
Wok: Bulgaria's struggle with the past. More than any other country in Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria shows an effort in dealing with its history. The archives from the communist era are being opened slowly. And the questioning of the suffering during the Ottoman rule is widely regarded as treason. In: nzz.ch. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , October 30, 2007
Ivan Vazov's biography with bibliography. In: Criticism.de

Individual evidence

↑ Wok: Bulgaria's Troubles with the Past. More than any other country in Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria shows an effort in dealing with its history. The archives from the communist era are being opened slowly. And the questioning of the suffering during the Ottoman rule is widely regarded as treason. In: nzz.ch. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, October 30, 2007, accessed on January 8, 2018.
↑ Ivan Wasov. In: kritisiert.de, accessed on January 8, 2018.

[1] Wok: Bulgaria's Troubles with the Past. More than any other country in Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria shows an effort in dealing with its history. The archives from the communist era are being opened slowly. And the questioning of the suffering during the Ottoman rule is widely regarded as treason. In: nzz.ch. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, October 30, 2007, accessed on January 8, 2018.

[2] Ivan Wasov. In: kritisiert.de, accessed on January 8, 2018.