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Radoy Ralin (Bulgarian: Радой Ралин; April 23, 1922 – July 22, 2004), born Dimitar Stefanov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Димитър Стефанов Стоянов) was a Bulgarian dissident, poet, and satirist.[1]
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Native name | Радой Ралин |
Born | Sliven, Bulgaria | April 23, 1922
Died | July 21, 2004 Sofia, Bulgaria | (aged 82)
Occupation | Writer, satirist |
After the downfall of the communist regime, he was urged to run for Parliament, but adamantly refused.
His works have been translated into 37 languages.
Honours
editRadoy Ralin Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Radoy Ralin.
Notes
edit- ^ Detrez, Raymond (2006). "RALIN, RADOY (1923-2004)". Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland; Toronto; Oxford: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 366.
External links
edit- Radoy Ralin's profile at the web page of the Bulgarian National Radio
- "Radoi Ralin: Much loved Bulgarian satirist who gave expression to his dissidence in epigrams, novels, poems and plays", The Times, August 24, 2004
- "Obituary: Radoi Ralin, 81, Bulgarian poet", The Boston Globe, July 24, 2004