Strashimirov, Anton

The son of a master mason. Brother of Dimitar Strashimirova (1868-1939), historian and writer. Orphaned early, for many years led a wandering life. He was a worker, an employee. He graduated from agricultural school, worked as a rural teacher. Later he attended lectures at the historical and philological faculty of the University of Bern. Engaged in active educational activities.

Carried away by populism . Edited the Voice of Iztok bulletin in Burgas . He participated in the Macedonian national liberation movement as a chetnik with J. Sandanski .

He was elected to the Bulgarian National Assembly in 1911 and 1929. Since 1901 he published the magazine Our Life ( Our Belly ). He collaborated in social democratic publications, propagated socialist ideas.

After the Young Turk revolution in Thessaloniki, he published the journal “Cultural Unity” together with G. Petrov .

Private participated in the First Balkan War . During the First World War, he was a war correspondent and an employee of the Voenni Izvestia newspaper and the Fatherland magazine. After the war - editor of the socio-cultural magazine Our Days (1921). Creator and editor in 1922-1923 of the "Bulgarian Public Library".

Staying in different remote corners of Bulgaria gave A. Strashimirov a large stock of observations.

Strashimirov's literary debut took place in 1890.

The author of more than 30 volumes and collections of short stories, essays, novels, novels, dramatic works and articles on various issues of literature and the public.

Of the largest works of art can be noted:

• the novels “Time of Troubles” (1899), “Yesenny Days” (1902), “Cross” (1904), “Ben” (1921, 2nd ed., 1927), “Without Five” (1919), “Horo” (1926 ), "Roby" (1930);
• novels and short stories - “Laughter and Sally” (collection, 1897), “Krestopat” (1903), “Transition” (1926) and others;
• dramas - “The Swatba in Bolyarovo” (1900), “The Vampire” (1902), “Otvѫd” (1906), “Kam Slanceto” (1917), “Reveka”, “Kam Slanceto” (“Renunciation”), “Sveti Ivan” Rilski "," Above the endless grave ", etc .;
• comedies - “Darkness” (1901), “Svekarva” (1906), etc.

In his numerous works from rural life and the life of the urban intelligentsia, the writer gives a broad picture of the class struggle and the decomposition of the Bulgarian bourgeoisie. In his work, a peasant theme was also deeply revealed.

In one of Strashimirov’s best works, the novel Horo (1926), anti-fascist motifs sounded with special force.

In honor of the writer, the village in the Varna region of Bulgaria is named Strashimirovo .

• Vasilev V., Anton Strashimirov, “Bulgarian Writers”, vol. V, Sofia, pp. 138–154, and Dep., Sofia, 1931.
• Literary Encyclopedia 1929-1939 . Strashimirov Anton

• Strashimirov, Anton // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.