Melnicite elin pelin biography

PERSONAL: Born Kimitur Ivanov Stoyanov, July 18, 1877, in Baylovo, Sofia District, Bulgaria; died December 3, 1949, in Sofia, Bulgaria; son of Ivan (an educator) and Tota Stoyanov; married Stefana; children: Elka, Boyan.

CAREER: Teacher in Baylovo, 1896-99; freelance writer, 1899-1903; University Library, 1903; National Library, 1908; staff editor of periodicals Slunchogled, 1909, Veselushka, 1908-10, Chavche, 1913-14, Svetulka, 1920-32, Puteka, 1933-34, and Septemyriyche, 1945-49.

Curator of Ivan Vazov Museum, 1926-44. Wartime service: Editor of Voenni izvestiva ("Military News") and Otechestvo ("Fatherland") in World War I.

MEMBER: Union of Writers (chairman, 1940), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

WRITINGS:

Razkazi (title means "Stories"), 2 volumes, St.

Atanasov (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1904.

Pepel ot tsigarite mi (title means "Ashes from My Cigarettes"), (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1905.

Ot prozoretsa (title means "From the Window"),