Hristo Smirnenski
| Hristo Smirnenski | |
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| Born |
September 17, 1898 Kukush, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | June 18, 1923 (aged 24) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation | Poet, prose writer |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
Hristo Smirnenski (Bulgarian: Христо Смирненски), born as Hristo Izmirliev, (September 17, 1898, OS - June 18, 1923) was a Bulgarian poet and prose writer. He was born in Kukush in Macedonia, (today Kilkis, Greece), which had militant traditions and an enterprising population. According to Tushe Daliivanov, a close relative and fellow writer, Hristo was from a poor family background. Hristo's father was an important and admired man in Kukush before his political disagreements over his socialist views with the Greek authorities resulted in his imprisonment.
On October 8, 1912, when Smirnenski was 14 years old, the First Balkan War started, and Bulgarian troops left Kukush. After the victory of the Balkan allies, disagreements arose and the Second Balkan War broke out. After invading, Greek troops burned Kukush, and the family of Dimitar Izmirliev, with thousands of other refugees, went to Sofia. Despite the poverty in which Dimitar Izmirliev and his wife found themselves, they made sure that their children studied. Hristo attended a technical school and his younger brother Anastas helped the family by selling newspapers.
Hristo Smirnenski made his literary debut in 1915 during his second year at college, in the satirical newspaper K'vo da e (Anything Goes). He first called himself "Smirnenski" in the magazine Smyah i salzi (Laughter and Tears). Despite his young age, Hirsto was very resourceful. Before long he had become one of the most sought after and popular entertainers of that time. In 1917 he first used the pseudonym Smirnenski, which remains among the classics in Bulgarian literature.
As a student in a technical school, he continued to work in a colonial shop. During this time, the First World War started. In May of 1917, Hristo enrolled as a cadet at the Military School, and from his barracks continued to write daily and publish humorous publications. At the end of 1917, the October Revolution broke out. Command introduced school long quarantine in order to avoid penetration of communist ideas. In April 1918, he released his first collection, Raznokalibreni sighs in verse and prose. It has a humorous character and comes under the heading of Vedbal but was later criticized by the author himself.
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