Petya Dubarova
Petya Dubarova | |
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Aged 16 | |
Born |
Burgas, Bulgaria | 25 April 1962
Died |
4 December 1979 17) Burgas, Bulgaria | (aged
Occupation | Poet |
Website | |
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Petya Stoykova Dubarova (Bulgarian: Петя Стойкова Дубарова) (April 25, 1962 – December 4, 1979) was a Bulgarian poet.
Life
She was born and lived in the seaside town of Burgas. Dubarova published poems in youth newspapers and magazines such as: Septemvriyche, Rodna Rech, and Mladezh (Youth). Some of her poems became songs, very popular in Bulgaria since the 1980s: Зимна ваканция (Winter holidays), Пролет (Spring), Доброта (Kindness), Лунапарк (Fun-fair), Нощ над града (Night over the city).
Dubarova committed suicide via sleeping pills overdose on December 4, 1979 at the age of 17. She left a note that says:
"Измамена (Deceived)
Младост (Youth)
Прошка (Forgiveness)
Сън (Sleep)
Спомен (Memory)
Зад стените на голямата къща (Behind the walls of the big house)
ТАЙНА (SECRET)"
Selected works
- "Az i Moreto" (The Sea and Me) (1980)
- "Lyastovitsa. Stihove i Razkazi" (Swallow. Poems and short stories) (1987)
External links
Media related to Petya Dubarova at Wikimedia Commons - Petya Dubarova biography at slovo.bg (in Bulgarian)