Hristo Smirnenski | |
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Native name | Христо Смирненски |
Born | Hristo Izmirliev September 17, 1898 Kılkış, Ottoman Empire |
Died | June 18, 1923 Sofia, Bulgaria | (aged 24)
Occupation | Poet, prose writer |
Nationality | Ottoman/Bulgarian |
Spouse | Zhenya Dyustabanova |
Hristo Dimitrov Izmirliev (Bulgarian: Христо Димитров Измирлиев), known as Hristo Smirnenski, (September 17, 1898, OS – June 18, 1923) was a Bulgarian poet and prose writer who joined the Bulgarian Communist Party and whose works championed socialist ideals in a light-hearted and humane style. He died at the age of 24, leaving a well regarded body of work produced over a mature career of only three years.[1][2]