About Chavdar Mutafov
Lived 1889 – 1954 (aged 64). Chavdar Mutafov was a literary critic, writer and architect.
Chavdar Mutafov (; September 19, 1899 – March 10, 1954) was a Bulgarian architect and writer, considered to be one of the leading expressionist writers in his country during the period between the two world wars.
Mutafov worked as an architect. He published essays in the monthly journal Zlatorog and also gave talks on modern art, music, film and industrial design. Besides his essays and novel, Mutafov also wrote short stories and grotesques.
His writing was subject to censorship under the communist regime in Bulgaria.
He died in Sofia in 1954.
A selection of his essays was published in 1993.
Selected works Source: Zelenijat kon (The green horse), essay (1920) ”Diletant (Dilettante), novel (1926)
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Who was Chavdar Mutafov?
Bulgarian architect and writer
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Chavdar Mutafov was born on 1 October 1889 in Sevlievo.
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Chavdar Mutafov died on 10 March 1954 in Sofia.
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Chavdar Mutafov was a literary critic, writer and architect.
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