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Dimitar Dimov

1909 – 1966

Bulgarian dramatist, novelist and veterinarian

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Lived 1909 – 1966 (aged 56). Dimitar Dimov was a Bulgarian veterinarian, university teacher, writer, prose writer, playwright and novelist.

Dimitar Todorov Dimov (, 25 June 1909 – 1 April 1966) was a Bulgarian dramatist, novelist and veterinary surgeon.

Biography Born in Lovech, Dimov is best known for his best-selling novel Tobacco (, translit. Tyutyun, 1951) which was made into the 1962 film Tobacco directed by Nikola Korabov.

Other novels authored by Dimov are Lieutenant Benz (1938), a story of fatal love between flawed characters during World War I; and Damned Souls (1945), a tragic tale of a dissolute young Englishwoman's passionate obsession with a fanatical and reactionary Jesuit set in Spain during the civil war. His plays included Holiday in Arko Iris and Women with a Past.

Dimov died in Bucharest on 1 April 1966, at the age of 56. There is a bust of Dimov in the Borisova gradina park behind the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. His daughter Theodora Dimova is also a writer. In addition, a number of elementary schools across Bulgaria are named in his honor (particularly in his hometown of Lovech and in Plovdiv).

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Sofia University
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Who was Dimitar Dimov?

Bulgarian dramatist, novelist and veterinarian (1909-1966)

When was Dimitar Dimov born?

Dimitar Dimov was born on 25 June 1909 in Lovech.

When did Dimitar Dimov die?

Dimitar Dimov died on 1 April 1966 in Bucharest.

What was Dimitar Dimov's occupation?

Dimitar Dimov was a veterinarian, university teacher, writer, prose writer, playwright and novelist.

What nationality was Dimitar Dimov?

Dimitar Dimov was Bulgarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dimitar Dimov

· Wikidata: Q712741

· DBpedia: Dimitar Dimov

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