Bulgarian Literary Classic Yordan Radichkov Passed Away at 74

Politics | January 21, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgarian Literary Classic Yordan Radichkov Passed Away at 74 Bulgarian literary classic Yordan Radichkov passed away at the age of 74 after long illness. In 2003 he was awarded the state honor Paisii Hilendarski. Photo by novinite.com archive

Bulgarian literary classic Yordan Radichkov passed away at the age of 74 after long illness.

Yordan Radichkov was born in 1929 in the village of Kalimanitsa in the Montana region and graduated from high school in Berkovitsa. He has been on the staff of the newspapers Narodna Mladezh, Vecherni Novini, Literatouren Front.

His first short stories were published in 1957, while his frst book, the collection of short stories The Heart Beats for the People appeared two years later.

He has more than twenty-five books of prose to his credit - short stories, novellas and novels.

In November last year Yordan Radichkov was awarded the state honor Paisii Hilendarski for 2003. The award was presented to Radichkov by the country's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg.

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