Georgi Dzhagarov

Bulgarian writer Georgi Dzhagarov

Georgi Dzhagarov (Bulgarian: Георги Джагаров) (14 July 1925, Byala, Sliven Province – 30 November 1995, Sofia) was a Bulgarian playwright, poet, politician, and former chairman of the Bulgarian Writers Association.[1] He also served as Vice-President of the State Council for eighteen years.

Biography

After completing his primary education in 1940, he became a member of the Workers Youth League. In 1944, he joined the Bulgarian Communist Party. Shortly after, he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for anti-fascist activities, but was released after the Communist coup d'etat.

After that, he went to Moscow, where he studied at the Maxim Gorky Literary Institute; graduating in 1951. Upon returning to Bulgaria, he became a member of the "Literary Front" and was a playwright for the "Youth Theater". From 1966 to 1972, he was Chairman of the Union of Bulgarian Writers.

During the years of the Todor Zhivkov dictatorship, he served as an informal counselor and was connected with a group of Zhivkov's associates known as the "hunting companions".[2]

From 1971 to 1986, he was in charge of the "Council for Development of the Spiritual Values of Society" in the State Council. He died of cancer at the military hospital in Sofia.

One of his most famous plays is "The Public Prosecutor", which was adapted into English C.P. Snow. It was first performed in 1964 at the Third National Review of the Bulgarian Theatre. The English adaptation was produced in London at the Hampstead Theatre in 1967.

References

  1. ↑ "Yugoslavia, Bulgaria Joust Over Macedonia". Milwaukee Journal. 9 December 1966. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. ↑ Mikhail Gruyev: "Политическото развитие на България през 50-те – 80-те години на XX век." // Ivailo Znepolski (ed.) История на Народна република България: Режимът и обществото. Sofia, Ciela Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-954-28-0588-5. pg.164.


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