- Blaga Dimitrova
Infobox Person
name = Blaga Dimitrova
image_size = 130px
caption = Bulgarian poetess
birth_date =2 January 1922
birth_place =Byala Slatina ,Bulgaria
dead=dead
death_date = death date and age|2003|5|2|1922|1|2
death_place =Sofia ,Bulgaria
nationality = BulgarianBlaga Nikolova Dimitrova ( _bg. Блага Димитрова) (
2 January 1922 –2 May 2003 ) was aBulgaria n poetess and Vice President of Bulgaria [ [http://www.president.bg/en/inst_izbori_92.php Official results from the 1992 Bulgarian Presidential Election] ] from 1992 until 1993. She was born in the town ofByala Slatina in the family of a teacher (her mother) and a lawyer (her father). Blaga Dimitrova was raised inVeliko Tarnovo and then moved to Sofia where she finished High School in 1942 and Slavic philology in theUniversity of Sofia in 1945.In the 1970s her works became more critical of the government and she received criticism for not being politically correct. Four books of her poetry books Dimitrova wrote in the 1970s, "Fireflies Fading", "Rubber Plant", "Questions", and "Hobbyada", were all rejected by state publishing houses with no reason given [ [http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/1120 Thefileroom.org] ] .
She was the inspiration behind
John Updike 's short story "The Bulgarian Poetess " [ [http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/7-5-256.shtml A Major Literary Event: The Novel "Avalanche" ] ] .She died on
May 2 ,2003 .References
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