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Petko Todorov

Died in 1916

Petko Todorov was born on 26 September 1879 in Elena, into a distinguished family of the National Revival. Initially drawn to socialism, he studied law in Bern and literature in Leipzig and travelled in several European countries. A member of the circle around the review Missal with Pencho Slaveykov and Peyo Yavorov, he introduced modernism into Bulgaria with them, produced Idylls drawn from popular songs and legends, and a theatre nourished by Ibsen. He died on 14 February 1916 in Switzerland.

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