Baba Vanga

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Pandeva and the family name is Surcheva or Gushterova.
Baba Vanga
Баба Ванга
Born
Vangeliya Pandeva Surcheva

(1911-10-03)3 October 1911[1]
Strumica, Ottoman Empire
Died11 August 1996(1996-08-11) (aged 84)
Sofia, Bulgaria
CitizenshipOttoman, Bulgarian, Yugoslav
Occupations
Spouse
Dimitar Gushterov
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(m. 1942; died 1962)​

Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova (née Surcheva; Bulgarian: Вангелия Пандева Гущерова, née Сурчева, [vɐnˈɡɛlijɐ ˈpɑndevɐ ɡuˈʃtɛrovɐ (ˈsurt͡ʃevɐ)]; 3 October 1911 – 11 August 1996), commonly known as Baba Vanga (Bulgarian: Баба Ванга, lit. 'Grandmother Vanga'),[2] was a Bulgarian attributed mystic and healer who claimed to have foreseen the future.[3][4][5] Blind since her early childhood, she spent most of her life in the Rupite area of the Belasica mountains in Bulgaria.[6]

In the late 1970s and 1980s, she was widely known in Eastern Europe for her alleged abilities of clairvoyance and precognition. After the fall of communism, including after her death in 1996, her persona has remained popular.[7]

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  2. ^ Roth, Klaus; Kartari, Asker, eds. (2016). Cultures of Crisis in Southeast Europe: Part 1: Crises Related to Migration, Transformation, Politics, Religion, and Labour. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 308–309. ISBN 9783643907639.
  3. ^ "The blind mystic who 'predicted the rise of Isis'". The Independent. 2015-12-08. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. ^ Morrow, Daniel (2020-10-03). "Blind mystic Baba Vanga 'predicted Donald Trump's coronavirus plight'". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  5. ^ Kettley, Sebastian (2020-10-11). "Baba Vanga 2020: Did the blind mystic predict coronavirus? COVID-19 will be 'all over us'". Express.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  6. ^ The History of Bulgaria, The Greenwood histories of the modern nations Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, Frederick B. Chary, ABC-CLIO, 2011, ISBN 0313384460, pp. 145-146.
  7. ^ Maeva, Mila; Erolova, Yelis; Stoyanova, Plamena; Ivanova, Vanya, eds. (2020). "Between the Worlds: Magic, Miracles, and Mysticism". IEFSEM – BAS & Paradigma. 2. Sofia: Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies: 261–263. ISSN 2683-0213.