About Lyuben Zidarov
Lived 1923 – 2023 (aged 99). Lyuben Zidarov was a Bulgarian illustrator.
Lyuben Hristov Zidarov (; 23 December 1923 – 3 January 2023) was a Bulgarian illustrator and painter.
Life and career Born in Veliko Tarnovo, Zidarov got a passion for drawing since his school years, and in the late 1930s he created some of the first Bulgarian comic strips. He studied painting at the National Academy of Art in Sofia, graduating in 1948. In 1950 he started his activity as an illustrator, collaborating with the children publications Septemvriiche and Slaveyche. Among his last high-profile assignments were the cover art illustrations of the Bulgarian 20th Anniversary edition of the Harry Potter book series in 2019. He died on 3 January 2023, at the age of 99.
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Bulgarian illustrator
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Lyuben Zidarov was born on 23 December 1923 in Veliko Tarnovo.
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Lyuben Zidarov died on 3 January 2023.
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Lyuben Zidarov was an illustrator.
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Lyuben Zidarov was Bulgarian.
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