“Песни и стихотворения от Ботйова и Стамболова” / “Songs and Poems by Botev and Stambolov”
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Autor:
Hristo Botev
Country:
Bulgaria (BG)
Book Theme:
Poets representing your country poetry
Publisher:
Bulgarian History – BH 93
Publishing Year:
1875
Botev was born in Kalofer, his father, Botyo Petkov was a teacher and one of the most significant figures of the late period of the Bulgarian National Revival towards the end of the Ottoman occupation. He had a strong influence on his son during the latter’s youth.
Hristo Botev was a Bulgarian poet, journalist and revolutionary. He, who lived only 28 years, left a significant trace in Bulgarian history and literature. His poems describe the fate of the emigrant, who fought and was willing to die for his country. All the love and faith he had for Bulgaria was put in his works. The figures of the mother and the wife are also a big part of Botev’s poetry. It was on 1st June, 1876, that Botev died killed by a bullet, while fighting in the uprising of Bulgarians against Ottoman occupation.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
In 1875 Botev published his poetic works in a book called “Songs and Poems”, together with his close associate Bulgarian revolutionary poet and future politician and statesman, Stefan Stambolov. Botev’s poetry reflected the sentiments of the poor people, filled with revolutionary ideas, struggling for their freedom against both foreign and domestic tyrants. His poetry was influenced by the Russian revolutionary democrats and the figures of the Paris Commune. Under this influence, Botev rose both as a poet and a revolutionary democrat. Many of his poems are imbued with revolutionary zeal and determination, such as My Prayer (“Moyata molitva”), At Farewell (“Na proshtavane”), Hajduks (“Haiduti”), In the Tavern (“V mehanata”), and Struggle (“Borba”). Others are romantic, balladic (Hadzhi Dimitar), even elegiac. Perhaps the greatest of his poems is The Hanging of Vasil Levski (“Obesvaneto na Vasil Levski”).
