Stoyan Zagorchinov

Stoyan Zagorchinov (Стоян Загорчинов; 1889–1969) was a Bulgarian writer. Author of The Last Day – The God's Day, one of the first social-historical epic novel in Bulgarian literature. Zagorchinov was also an author of plays, essays, portrait pieces, articles and memoirs.

Zagorchinov was born in 1889 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is unknown whether his birth date is 3 December[1] or 3 March.[2] He studied history at Sofia University. Then he continued studies of history and philosophy in Geneva, Switzerland. He graduated from Sofia University with a major in History and French language. During the years 1920–1925 Zagorchinov taught French at the Naval Force School in Varna.[2]

He died in 1969 in Sofia. It is unknown if the date of his death is 3 January[1] or 31 January.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Zagorczinow Stojan". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 9 June 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stoyan Zagorchinov". Plovdiv Guide: Figures of Plovdiv. Retrieved 9 June 2007.


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