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Renowned Bulgarian poet and translator Kiril Kadiiski has passed away

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Prominent Bulgarian poet and translator Kiril Kadiiski has passed away at the age of 78, the Colibri publishing house announced on its Facebook page.


"Devastating news came to us on the last day of August. Our friend Kiril Kadiiski has passed away - a poet and translator with a powerful, immense talent; a visionary essayist, publicist, teacher, public figure with a keen conscience and a fiery tongue," the publishing house's publication reads.

Kiril Kadiiski was born on June 16, 1947 in the village of Yabalkovo, Kyustendil region. He is the author of books of poetry and essays, including "Poetry" (1995), "Essays in Three Volumes" (1997), "Supper at Emmaus" (2000), "Yorick's Skull and Other Poems" (2004), "Essays in Five Volumes" (2007), "Poetry/Prose" (2013, 2015), "Poetry" (2014, 2019).

He has translated into Bulgarian poems by French poets such as François Villon, Pierre de Ronsard, Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé, Guillaume Apollinaire, as well as works by Russian authors, including Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Tyutchev, Alexander Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris Pasternak, etc.

The memorial service will take place on September 2 at 11 a.m. in the Sveri. Sedmochislenitsi Church in Sofia.

May he rest in peace!



Edited by Darina Grigorova
English: R. Petkova



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