Pavel Hristov Matev was a Bulgaria

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n poet

Poet

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Matev was born in the village of Orisovo, in the Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora

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 province, (southern Bulgaria

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), and completed his gymnasium education in the town of Tsirpan in 1938. His first work was published in 1946. He completed a course in Slavic studies in Sofia University

Sofia University

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 in 1949. He was considered a major contributor to Bulgarian society. He died in Sofia

Sofia

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Children's poems:

• "В строя" (1951),
• "Дълг" (1955),
• "Време, родина, любов" (1962),
• "Родословие" (1963),
• "Прозрения. Избрана лирика" (1965),
• "Чайките почиват на вълните" (1965; 1967),
• "Стихотворения" (1966),
• "100 стихотворения. Подбрани" (1970),
• "Избрани стихотворения" (1972),
• "Натрупани мълчания" (1973; 1974; 1981),
• "Строго лято. Избрана поезия" (1974),
• "Внезапни паузи" (1976; 1980),
• "Рани и слънца. Избр. стихотворения" (1978),
• "Когато птиците летят по-бавно" (1979),
• "Предсказания. Изповеди. Избр. стихотворения. В 2 тома" (1984),
• "Сърдечни затишия" (1985),
• "Ти сън ли си. Любовна лирика" (1989).

External links

• some of his poems (Serbian language)