Vojdan Chernodrinski
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, Ottoman Empire
, (present day Republic of Macedonia
) – January 8, 1951, Sofia
, Bulgaria
) (born Voydan Popgeorgiev Kuzmanov) was a Bulgarian playwrighter and dramatist from the region of Macedonia
. His pseudonym is derived from Black Drin
(Cherni Drin), a river flowing through his home town. The most famous of his works is the play Macedonian Bloody Wedding (Makedonska Kărvava Svadba).
He was head of the traveling troupe "Grief and comfort" (Skrb I Uteha), founded in 1901 and renamed in 1902 as "Macedonian Capital Theater" . Chernodrinski reworked it later to give the plot and the libretto for the famous opera "Tsveta" by maestro Georgi Atanasov
. In the 1960s it was reworked and turned into a film
in Communist Yugoslavia. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian and Macedoniain writer in the Republic of Macedonia
.
Struga
Struga is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of the Republic of Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality.-Etymology:...
, Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, (present day Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
) – January 8, 1951, 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...
, Bulgaria
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...
) (born Voydan Popgeorgiev Kuzmanov) was a Bulgarian playwrighter and dramatist from the region of Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...
. His pseudonym is derived from Black Drin
Black Drin
The Black Drin is a river in Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. It flows out of Lake Ohrid in Struga, Macedonia. After approximately it crosses the border to Albania, west of Debar. It merges with the White Drin in Kukës to form the Drin, which flows into the Adriatic Sea...
(Cherni Drin), a river flowing through his home town. The most famous of his works is the play Macedonian Bloody Wedding (Makedonska Kărvava Svadba).
He was head of the traveling troupe "Grief and comfort" (Skrb I Uteha), founded in 1901 and renamed in 1902 as "Macedonian Capital Theater" . Chernodrinski reworked it later to give the plot and the libretto for the famous opera "Tsveta" by maestro Georgi Atanasov
Georgi Atanasov (composer)
Georgi Atanasov , was a Bulgarian composer.A native of Plovdiv, Atanasov began formal musical studies in Bucharest at the age of 14. From 1901 until 1903 he studied composition at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro with Pietro Mascagni. Upon receiving his diploma with the title of "maestro", he...
. In the 1960s it was reworked and turned into a film
Macedonian Blood Wedding
Macedonian Blood Wedding or Bloodshed at the Wedding is a 1967 Macedonian film.-Synopsis:The screenplay was originally written in 1900 in Sofia, Bulgaria by Voydan Chernodrinski and is based in Ottoman occupied Macedonia....
in Communist Yugoslavia. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian and Macedoniain writer in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
.
Works
Besides Voydan's most popular work "Macedonian Bloody Wedding" published in 1900, he published several other literary works as well, including:- The woodcutters (Дърварите) (1895)
- In the barroom (В механата) (1895)
- Macedonian emigration (Македонска емиграция) (1897)
- Of the head we suffer (От главата си патиме) (1902)
- The slave and the agha (Робът и агата) (1902)
- Evil for evil (Зло за зло) (1903)
- Skilled workers (Майстори) (1903)
- The spirit of the freedom (Духът на свободата) (1909)
- On the river (На реката) (1921)
- On New Year (На Нова година) (1921)
- Tzar Pir (Царъ Пиръ) (1921)
- The storms near Vardar (Бурите на Вардар) (1925)
- Cveta the duchess (Цвета войводката) (1929)
- Slav Dragota (Слав Драгота) (1930)