Ivan Vazov was a Bulgarian writer known as the "Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He came from a family that valued traditional values and was influenced by his parents and Bulgarian revolutionary movements. Some of his most famous works included "Under the Yoke", "New Country", and poems about Macedonia. Vazov made significant contributions to Bulgarian literature and used his writing to express patriotism and inspire national identity. He died at age 71 in Sofia and is remembered as one of Bulgaria's most important national poets.

1. (June 27, 1850 – September 22, 1921)
“The Patriarch of Bulgarian literature"

2. Vazov came from a family in which traditional
values were highly regarded. His father,
Mincho Vazov, was a merchant.
An open-minded person, he combined
a conservative, patriarchal spirit with
sympathy for the Enlightenment and
the national revival.

3. Vazov's mother,
Saba, was an intelligent, generous
and charming woman. Vazov’s
parents, Saba and Mincho Vazov,
both had a lot of influence on the
young poet.
He got married to Atina Bolyarska
on 4 November 1890.

5. After finishing primary school in Sopot, Mincho sent his son to
Kalofer, appointing him an assistant teacher. Having done his
final exams in Kalofer, the young teacher returned to Sopot to
help in his father's grocery. The next year his father sent him to
Plovdiv to Naiden Gerov's school. There Vazov made his first
steps as a poet. He returned to Sopot and then went to Olteni aț
in Romania to study trade despite his lack of interest in it. He
was impressed with literature.

6. Works
Vazov was probably influenced by Botev,
who was the ideological leader of the
Bulgarian revolutionary movement. He
started writing his famous poems with
Botev and some other Bulgarian
emigrants in Romania. In 1876 he
published his first work, ,,Priaporetz and
Gusla” , followed by "Bulgaria's Sorrows"
in 1877. Bulgaria regained its
independence in 1878 as a result of the
Russo-Turkish War and Vazov wrote the

7. Other famous works
 New Country
 Under the Yoke
 The Empress of Kazalar
 Songs of Macedonia
 It Will Not Perish
 What Is A Poet's Soul Like

8. Език свещен на моите деди
език на мъки, стонове вековни,
език на тая, дето ни роди
за радост не - за ядове отровни.
Език прекрасен, кой те не руга
и кой те пощади от хули гадки?
Вслушал ли се е някой досега
в мелодьята на твойте звуци сладки?
Разбра ли някой колко хубост, мощ
се крий в речта ти гъвкава, звънлива -
от руйни тонове какъв разкош,
какъв размах и изразитост жива?
Не, ти падна под общия позор,
охулен, опетнен със думи кални:
и чуждите, и нашите, във хор,
отрекоха те, о, език страдални!
Не си можал да въплътиш във теб
създаньята на творческата мисъл!
И не за песен геният ти слеп -
за груб брътвеж те само бил орисал!
Тъй слушам сè, откак съм на света!
Сè туй ругателство ужасно, модно,
сè тоя отзив, низка клевета,
що слетя всичко мило нам и родно.
Ох, аз ще взема черния ти срам
и той ще стане мойто вдъхновенье,
и в светли звукове ще те предам
на бъдещото бодро поколенье;
ох, аз ще те обриша от калта
и в твоя чистий бляск ще те покажа,
и с удара на твойта красота
аз хулниците твои ще накажа.

9.  When Vazov was 15, he fell off a racing horse,
was unconscious for a long time, and then
became blind for about a year.
 Vazov's 1893 novel “Under the Yoke” , which
depicts the Ottoman oppression of Bulgaria, is
the most famous piece of classic Bulgarian
literature and has been translated into over 30
languages.
 Vazov‘ s patriotic views forced him to flee from
Bulgaria many times.
 He was 71 years, 2 months and 13 days old
when he died.

10. The great Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov suddenly died on 22
September 1921 in Sofia, with postmortem examination of
the body revealing severe pathological abnormalities in
the cardiovascular system.
Vazov's grave in the center of Sofia.
In the background is St. Sofia Church.
The tomb is a syenite stone from the
Vitosha mountains where Vazov loved
to walk.

11. I will remember
for his patriotism
and love to the Bulgarians.
He is one of our
national poets and
we can say more
than a poet ! He is
the man, who used
the poetry to