One of the most loved BG poets, Damyan Damyanov, would have turned 71 today…
He was born on January 13th, 1935, in the town of Sliven. He graduated high school in his home town and later BG Philology at the Sofia University (1961). He worked as a literary consultant for the “Narodna Mladezh” newspaper, and an editor for the Poetry Department of the “Plamuk” Magazine. He was awarded many times.
He died June 6th, 1999, at the age of 64. His wafe was the famous poetess Nadezhda Zakharieva (on the photo above, sitting beneath his portrait), with whom he had two sons and a daughter.