Kiril Peychinovich

Kiril Peychinovich
Кирил Пейчинович
Кирил Пејчиновиќ
Kiril Pejčinovikj
Bornc. 1771
Tearce, Ottoman Empire
Died(1845-03-07)7 March 1845
Lešok, Ottoman Empire
Pen name"Tetoec"
OccupationCleric and writer
GenreReligion
Notable worksOgledalo and Utešenie Grešnim

Kiril Peychinovich or Kiril Pejčinović (Bulgarian: Кирил Пейчинович, Serbian: Кирил Пејчиновић, Macedonian: Кирил Пејчиновиќ, Church Slavonic: Күриллъ Пейчиновићь; c. 1770 – 7 March 1845) was a Bulgarian cleric, writer and enlightener, one of the first supporters of the use of modern Bulgarian (as opposed to Church Slavonic), and one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival.[1][2]

  1. ^ James Franklin Clarke, Dennis P. Hupchick - "The pen and the sword: studies in Bulgarian history", Columbia University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-88033-149-6, p. 221. "Peichinovich of Tetovo, Macedonia, author of one of the first Bulgarian books."
  2. ^ Biobibliographical handbook of Bulgarian authors, Mateja Matejić, Karen L. Black, Slavica Publishers, 1981, ISBN 0-89357-091-5, p. 25.