One of the eminent BG science fiction authors, Lyuben Dilov Sr., died at th age of 80. He wrote more than 35 books, that have been translated into all European languages, and also in Chinese and Japanese. He has been awarded with a large number of internaional prizes.
Lyuben Dilov Sr. was born in 1927. He graduated from the Sofia University with a degree in Bulgarian Language and Literature.