Simeon Radev

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Simeon Radev
Симеон Радев
Ottoman empire
DiedFebruary 15, 1967(1967-02-15) (aged 88)
Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
OccupationJournalist, Diplomat, Historian
NationalityBulgarian
GenreHistory, literary criticism
Children1 son

Simeon Traychev Radev (Bulgarian: Симеон Трайчев Радев; 19 January 1879 – 15 February 1967) was a Bulgarian writer, journalist, diplomat and historian, most famous for his three-volume book The Builders of Modern Bulgaria.

Biography

Radev was born in the town of

Union of the Bulgarian Constitutional Clubs, a Bulgarian political party in the Ottoman Empire. Later, he created the daily newspaper Will and was active in its publication. Towards that time he published his book The Builders of Modern Bulgaria, one of the largest original historiographic studies of Bulgaria at the time. The book was an in-depth study of the Principality of Bulgaria
's formation and its early political years.

From an early age Radev devoted himself to

Thessaloniki Armistice. After the war, Radev was Bulgarian minister plenipotentiary in The Hague, Ankara, Washington, D.C.,[2] London[3][4] and Brussels. He was the first Bulgarian delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva.[1][5] In 1923, he married the Bulgarian painter, Bistra Vinarova and the couple subsequently had one son, Trayan Radev (bg).[6]

In 1918, Radev published his book Macedonia and the Bulgarian Revival in the 19th Century in French;[7] it was translated to Bulgarian in 1927 and republished as an issue of the Macedonian Scientific Institute, of which Radev was a member. Besides being active in historiography, journalism and diplomacy, Radev was an avid connoisseur of literature and arts. He published several critical articles and took an active part in Bulgaria's literary and artistic life. Some of his articles were published in the book Insights into the Literate and Arts and Personal Memories, released in 1965 and provoking a significant interest.

Simeon Radev died aged 88 in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on 15 February 1967, only several days after his last book Early Memories was ready for printing.[1] Reportedly, his last words were:

Did I give anything to Bulgaria?[8]

Honours

Radev Point on Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Simeon Radev.[9]

Works

Sources

  • "Биографични бележки: Симеон Радев" (in Bulgarian). Slovo.bg. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  • Бакалов, Георги; Милен Куманов (2003). "Радев, Симеон Трайчев (9.I.1879–15.II.1967)". Електронно издание "История на България" (in Bulgarian). София: Труд, Сирма.
    ISBN 954528613X
    .
  • Гърдев, Борислав (January 2008). "Живот в служба на България" (in Bulgarian). Media Times Review. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  • Цветаноски, Виктор (2006-10-16). "Кој е Симеон Радев: Во Париз се величеше човекот што се борел за бугарската кауза".
    Утрински Весник (in Macedonian). Archived from the original
    on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2008-10-12.

References

  1. ^ a b c Известия на държавните архиви, Архивен отдел, България, том 57, стр. 74.
  2. ^ "Homeric Arrives; In Storm Two Days; Simeon Radeff, New Minister from Bulgaria, Among Large List of Passengers; Praises Work of League". The New York Times: 28. December 10, 1925.
  3. ^ London Gazette, Issue 34282. 8 May 1936. p. 2976. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ London Gazette, Issue 34509. 10 May 1938. p. 3018. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ Радев, Симеон. Ранни спомени, Български писател, София, 1994, стр. 263.
  6. ^ "Неизвестната Бистра Винарова" [The Unknown Bistra Vinarova]. Kultura Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). Sofia, Bulgaria: Култура. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. ^ Radeff, Siméon (1918), La Macédonie et la renaissance bulgare au XIX siècle (1 ed.), Sofia: Impremerie de la cour royale
  8. ^ Делчев, Борис. Познавах тези хора ІІІ, Издателска къща Иван Вазов, София, 1994, стр. 115.
  9. ^ "Radev Point". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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