Ivan Vazov | |
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| Иван Минчов Вазов | |
Contemporary image of writer, Ivan Vazov | |
| Born | 9 July 1850 |
| Died | 22 September 1921 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Occupation(s) | poet, novelist, playwright |
| Known for | Patriarch of Bulgarian literature |
| Partner | Evgenia Mars |
| Parent(s) | Saba and Mincho Vazov |
Ivan Minchov Vazov (Bulgarian: Иван Минчов Вазов; 9 July [O.S. 27 June] 1850 – 22 September 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is often called "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot. This town was then apart of the Ottoman Empire. Ivan Vazov has the highest title of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He was the Education and People Enlightenment Minister from September 7, 1897, until January 30, 1899. He was apart of the People's Party.
The most distinguished Bulgarian man of letters is Ivan Vazoff (b. 1850), whose epic and lyric poems and prose works form the best specimens of the modern literary language. His novel Pod Igoto....