Peyo Yavorov

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Peyo Yavorov (Bulgarian: Пейо Яворов) (January 1, 1878 – October 17, 1914), born Peyo Totev Kracholov (Bulgarian: Пейо Тотев Крачолов), was a Bulgarian poet, considered to be one of the finest poetic talents of the turn of the century in Bulgaria. He was a prominent member of the Misul group. Part of his life and work are closely connected with the liberation movement IMARO in Macedonia.

Most of his poems are romantic and dedicated to the two women in his life - Mina Todorova and Lora Karavelova. His first (and according to most people biggest) love Mina died from tubercolosis. She was buried in the Paris cemetery Pere Lachese. He was greatly saddened. Later on he met Lora. She was the daughter of the statesman Petko Karavelov. Lora was a strong person, very jealous, sometimes mean. They married, although Yavorov never loved her the way he loved Mina. The saved letters between Lora and Peyo proved their ardent and wild love. 1912 Lora shot herself and Yavorov tried to commit suicide. The bullet went through his temporal bone and he grew blind. In despair of the trial and the rumor that he killed Lora, Yavorov poisoned and shot himself on 29 October 1914.