“Не остарявай, любов” / “Do not grow old, love”
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Autor:
Nedyalko Yordanov
Country:
Bulgaria (BG)
Book Theme:
Contemporary poets of your country
Publisher:
Milenium
Publishing Year:
2005
Nedyalko Yordanov was born on January 18, 1940 in Burgas. He graduated from high school in his hometown of Burgas in 1957, and in 1962 – Bulgarian philology at the Sofia State University. During the period 1962-1963, he worked as a literature teacher in Malko Tarnovo. Since 2000, he has been a freelance artist – author of poetry, drama, fiction, memoirs and journalism, composer, singer, reciter, guest director. Nedyalko Yordanov’s plays have been translated and staged in Germany, France, Belgium, Finland, Japan. Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, etc. Many of his poems become lyrics for popular Bulgarian songs.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
In an interview Nedyalko Yordanov tells the story of the poem, which later becomes part of his book “Do not grow old, love”. His wife Ivana and him celebrated their golden wedding. When her first birthday came on July 18, 1968, then he was fired from the theater, had problems and had no money to buy her a present. “And what can a poor poet give his beloved but one poem.”- says Nedyalko. The next year he already had money, but she didn’t want a gift, she wanted a poem. And so it happened that every July 18 from the year 68 until now, he wrote a poem dedicated to their love. So in 1983 it appeared ” Don’t grow old, love”. Then Haigasho Agasyan read the work, asked him to transcribe it and created the music for the eternal Bulgarian song.
