Nikolay Haytov, or Nikolai Haitov was a Bulgarian fiction writer, playwright, patriot and publicist known for his publications and research regarding the life of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski.
11 Facts About Nikolay Haytov
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Nikolay Haytov finished high school in Asenovgrad in 1938, becoming attracted to the work of writers such as Zahari Stoyanov, Ivan Vazov, Elin Pelin and Yordan Yovkov.
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Nikolay Haytov graduated from the Faculty of Forestry in Sofia in 1943.
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Nikolay Haytov became a soldier in Plovdiv in the autumn of 1944 and then went on to work as a forest guard and forester in the Rhodope Mountains: in the Persenk forestry enterprise, in Lesichovo, in Sapareva Banya and in the Raduil section of the Borovets enterprise.
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Nikolay Haytov then wrote articles for Rabotnichesko Delo, Kooperativno selo and other newspapers.
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Nikolay Haytov was accepted as a member of the Union of Bulgarian Writers in 1959 and worked as an editor for the newspaper Narodna kultura and the magazine Nasha rodina.
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Nikolay Haytov has written over 10 stage plays, 800 articles and reviews.
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The total print of Nikolay Haytov's books released in Bulgaria is over 4 million.
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Nikolay Haytov was the screenplay writer for a number of films and TV series, including The Goat Horn, Manly Times, Captain Petko Voivode, Darvo bez koren, Orisiya, Semeystvo Kalinkovi, Lamyata.
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Chairman of UBW between 1993 and 1999, Nikolay Haytov is the winner of numerous awards and orders.
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Nikolay Haytov has two sons, Aleksandar and Zdravets, and a daughter, Elena.