16 Facts About Ivan Vazov

Ivan Vazov was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria.

The works of Ivan Vazov reveal two historical epochs - the Bulgarian Renaissance and the Post-Liberation epoch.

Ivan Vazov holds the highest honorary title of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Academician.

Ivan Vazov acted as Education and People Enlightenment Minister from September 7,1897, until January 30,1899, representing the People's Party.

Ivan Vazov returned to Sopot only to leave for Oltenita in Romania, as his father wanted him to become an apprentice and study trade at his uncle's.

Ivan Vazov showed no interest in the trade profession whatsoever.

Ivan Vazov returned to Sopot in 1875, where he became a member of the local revolutionary committee.

Ivan Vazov was probably heavily influenced by Botev, who was the ideological leader of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement.

Ivan Vazov started writing his famous poems with Botev and some other Bulgarian emigrants in Romania.

Bulgaria regained its independence in 1878 as a result of the Russo-Turkish War and Ivan Vazov wrote the famous Epic of the Forgotten.

Ivan Vazov became the editor of the political reviews Science and Dawn.

Ivan Vazov was forced into exile , this time to Odesa, because of the persecution of the russophile political faction.

Ivan Vazov's next stay was in Svishtov, where he became a civil servant.

Ivan Vazov moved to Sofia in 1889 where he started publishing the review Dennitsa.

Later in his life Ivan Vazov was a prominent and widely respected figure in the social and cultural life of newly independent Bulgaria.

Ivan Vazov wrote the first Bulgarian science fiction story The Last Day of XX Century, the first Bulgarian fantasy poem In the Kingdom of the Fairies and some other fantasy poetry.