Nikolay Haytov
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Nikolay Haytov (15 September 1919–30 June 2002) was a Bulgaria
n fiction writer, playwright
, patriot
and publicist
known for his publications and research regarding the life of Bulgarian revolutioner Vasil Levski
.
Born to a poor family of ordinary peasants in the village of Yavrovo, in Kuklen
municipality, Plovdiv Province
, Haytov finished junior high school in his native village and then moved to Plovdiv
, where, instead of studying, he worked as an apprentice in a flour shop, as a waiter in a pub, as a valet and in the railway. He finished high school in Asenovgrad
in 1938, becoming attracted to the work of writers such as Zahari Stoyanov
, Ivan Vazov
, Elin Pelin
and Yordan Yovkov
. Haytov graduated from the Faculty of Forestry in Sofia
in 1943.
He became a soldier in Plovdiv in the autumn of 1944 and then went on to work as a forest guard and forester in the Rhodope Mountains
: in the Persenk forestry enterprise, in Lesichevo, in Sapareva Banya, in the Raduil section of the Borovets enterprise. Sentenced to eight years in prison for incorrect distribution of wood and dismissed by the Ministry of Forestry, his sentence was later repealed, but he nevertheless remained unemployed for two years.
His first feature article was published in 1954 in the Septemvri magazine, and he continued to work with the magazine, which printed the story Sluchay bez pretsedent (Case With No Precedent) and another article. Haytov then wrote articles for Rabothichesko delo, Kooperativno selo and other newspapers. Some of these articles were published in his first book Sapernitsi (Rivals) in 1957. Haytov was accepted as a member of the Union of Bulgarian Writers (UBW) in 1959 and worked as an editor in the Narodna kultura newspaper and the Nasha rodina magazine. Between 1975 and 1977 he was the chairman of the Capital Council of Culture, a member of the executive council of UBW since 1966 and its secretary between 1966 and 1968. In 1966 he became the editor-in-chief of the Rodopi magazine.
In 1967, Haytov's famous book Divi razkazi (Wild Stories) was released. Since published in ten editions in Bulgaria and translated in 28 languages, including Chinese
, it is regarded as one of the most successful modern Bulgarian literary works. The book is included in UNESCO Historical Collection http://www.unesco.org/culture/lit/rep/index.php?lng=en_GB&work_titre=&work_type%5B%5D=0&work_auteur=&work_langue%5B%5D=0&work_zone%5B%5D=133&trans_titre=&trans_langue%5B%5D=0&trans_traducteur=&trans_coordination=&trans_editeur=&trans_annee=&trans_annee_apres=&trans_annee_avant=&send=Search.
Haytov's Izbrani proizvedeniya (Selected Works) was published in 1989 in three volumes. He has written over 10 stage plays, 800 articles and reviews. The total print of Haytov's books released in Bulgaria is over 4 million. He was also the screenplay writer for a number of films and TV series, including Koziyat rog, Mazhki vremena, Kapitan Petko Voyvoda, Darvo bez koren, Orisiya, Semeystvo Kalinkovi, Lamyata.
Chairman of UBW between 1993 and 1999, Haytov is the winner of numerous awards and orders. He has two sons, Aleksandar and Zdravets, and a daughter called Elena. Haytov died of leukemia
in 2002.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n fiction writer, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, patriot
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
and publicist
Publicist
A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...
known for his publications and research regarding the life of Bulgarian revolutioner Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, , is a Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule...
.
Born to a poor family of ordinary peasants in the village of Yavrovo, in Kuklen
Kuklen
Kuklen is a town in southern Bulgaria, part of Plovdiv Province. It is located 14 km to the south of the nearest major town, Plovdiv, and is approximately 100 km south west of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia...
municipality, Plovdiv Province
Plovdiv Province
Plovdiv Province is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities on a territory of 5,972.9 km² with a total population, as of December 2009, of 701,684 inhabitants...
, Haytov finished junior high school in his native village and then moved to Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, where, instead of studying, he worked as an apprentice in a flour shop, as a waiter in a pub, as a valet and in the railway. He finished high school in Asenovgrad
Asenovgrad
Asenovgrad is a town in central southern Bulgaria, part of Plovdiv Province.-History:Asenovgrad was founded by the Thracians as Stenímachos around 300–400 BC. In 72 BC the city was captured by the troops of the Roman Empire as part of the Roman expansion towards the Black Sea. After a long period...
in 1938, becoming attracted to the work of writers such as Zahari Stoyanov
Zahari Stoyanov
Zahari Stoyanov , born Dzhendo Stoyanov Dzhedev , was a Bulgarian revolutionary, writer, and historian. A participant in the April Uprising of 1876, he became its first historiographer with his book Memoirs of the Bulgarian Uprisings...
, Ivan Vazov
Ivan Vazov
Ivan Minchov Vazov was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria ....
, Elin Pelin
Elin Pelin
Elin Pelin , born Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov is arguably considered Bulgaria’s best narrator of country life.Born into a large family in the village of Baylovo near Sofia, he loved writing and reading from an early age...
and Yordan Yovkov
Yordan Yovkov
Yordan Yovkov was a Bulgarian writer, considered one of the best in the country during the period between the two world wars.-Biography:...
. Haytov graduated from the Faculty of Forestry in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
in 1943.
He became a soldier in Plovdiv in the autumn of 1944 and then went on to work as a forest guard and forester in the Rhodope Mountains
Rhodope Mountains
The Rhodopes are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Its highest peak, Golyam Perelik , is the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain...
: in the Persenk forestry enterprise, in Lesichevo, in Sapareva Banya, in the Raduil section of the Borovets enterprise. Sentenced to eight years in prison for incorrect distribution of wood and dismissed by the Ministry of Forestry, his sentence was later repealed, but he nevertheless remained unemployed for two years.
His first feature article was published in 1954 in the Septemvri magazine, and he continued to work with the magazine, which printed the story Sluchay bez pretsedent (Case With No Precedent) and another article. Haytov then wrote articles for Rabothichesko delo, Kooperativno selo and other newspapers. Some of these articles were published in his first book Sapernitsi (Rivals) in 1957. Haytov was accepted as a member of the Union of Bulgarian Writers (UBW) in 1959 and worked as an editor in the Narodna kultura newspaper and the Nasha rodina magazine. Between 1975 and 1977 he was the chairman of the Capital Council of Culture, a member of the executive council of UBW since 1966 and its secretary between 1966 and 1968. In 1966 he became the editor-in-chief of the Rodopi magazine.
In 1967, Haytov's famous book Divi razkazi (Wild Stories) was released. Since published in ten editions in Bulgaria and translated in 28 languages, including Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, it is regarded as one of the most successful modern Bulgarian literary works. The book is included in UNESCO Historical Collection http://www.unesco.org/culture/lit/rep/index.php?lng=en_GB&work_titre=&work_type%5B%5D=0&work_auteur=&work_langue%5B%5D=0&work_zone%5B%5D=133&trans_titre=&trans_langue%5B%5D=0&trans_traducteur=&trans_coordination=&trans_editeur=&trans_annee=&trans_annee_apres=&trans_annee_avant=&send=Search.
Haytov's Izbrani proizvedeniya (Selected Works) was published in 1989 in three volumes. He has written over 10 stage plays, 800 articles and reviews. The total print of Haytov's books released in Bulgaria is over 4 million. He was also the screenplay writer for a number of films and TV series, including Koziyat rog, Mazhki vremena, Kapitan Petko Voyvoda, Darvo bez koren, Orisiya, Semeystvo Kalinkovi, Lamyata.
Chairman of UBW between 1993 and 1999, Haytov is the winner of numerous awards and orders. He has two sons, Aleksandar and Zdravets, and a daughter called Elena. Haytov died of leukemia
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
in 2002.
Works
- Sapernitsi (1957)
- Iskritsi ot ognishteto (1959)
- Razbudena Rodopa (1960)
- Pisma ot pushtinatsite (1960)
- Hayduti (1962)
- Starite u doma (1962)
- Zheni haydutki (1962)
- Matey Mitkaloto (1964)
- Shumki ot gabar (1965)
- Rumyana voyvoda 1965)
- Rodopski vlastelini (1965)
- Divi razkazi (1967)
- Magyosnikat ot Breze (1979)
- Hvarkatoto korito 1979)
- Rodopskite komiti razkazvat (1972)
- Kapitan Petko Voyvoda (1974)
- Razkazi i eseta 1984)
- Da vazsednesh gligan 1985)
- Bodlivata roza (1975)
- Valshebnoto ogledalo (1981)
- Poslednite migove i grobat na Vasil Levski (1985)
- Izbrani proizvedeniya (1989)
- Prez sito i resheto (2003, posthumously)
- Troyanskite kone v Balgariya (2002, posthumously)
- Dnevnitsi
External links
- Nikolay Haytov on Liternet.bg
- Hristov, Ivaylo. Nikolay Haytov, monographMonographA monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...