Dimitar Talev

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Dimitar Talev (Bulgarian: Димитър Талев) (1 September 1898 – 20 October 1966) was a Bulgarian author and journalist.

1 Biography
2 Literary work
- 2.1 Novels
- 2.2 Short stories and collections

[edit] Biography

Born in Prilep - Ottoman Empire, present day Republic of Macedonia, he studied medicine and philosophy in Zagreb and Vienna, and Slavic philology in Sofia University. He was the managing editor of the Macedonia newspaper, and a contributor and editor in the Zora newspaper. In 1944 he was arrested by the communist authorities for his patriotic and anti - macedonistic position and sent to the Sofia Central Prison and later to the labor camps Bobov Dol and Kutsian. He was expelled from the Bulgarian Writers' Union and from 1948 to 1952 he was exiled in Lukovit.

[edit] Literary work

[edit] Novels

Arduous Years (Bulgarian: Усилни години)
- Part 1. In The Dusk of Morning (Bulgarian: В дрезгавината на утрото) 1928
- Part 2. Revival (Bulgarian: Подем) 1929
- Part 3. Ilinden (Bulgarian: Илинден) 1930
The Iron Oil Lamp (Bulgarian: Железният светилник) 1952
Ilinden (Bulgarian: Илинден) 1953
Kiprovets Arose (Bulgarian: Кипровец въстана) 1954
The Bells of Prespa (Bulgarian: Преспанските камбани) 1954
Samuil (Bulgarian: Самуил)
- Book 1. Shields of Stone (Bulgarian: Щитове каменни) 1958
- Book 2. Cinderella and the Prince (Bulgarian: Пепеляшка и царския син) 1959
- Book 3. Downfall (Bulgarian: Погибел) 1960
I Hear Your Voices (Bulgarian: Гласовете ви чувам) 1966