{"id":2922,"date":"2023-02-07T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dvornakirilicata.bg\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:46:58","slug":"nikola-vaptsarov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dvornakirilicata.bg\/en\/nikola-vaptsarov\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Vaptsarov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>(7.12.1909 \u2013 23.7.1942)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/dvornakirilicata.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u0432\u0430\u043f\u0446\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dvornakirilicata.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u0432\u0430\u043f\u0446\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dvornakirilicata.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u0432\u0430\u043f\u0446\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The author of the lines <strong>\u201cMen and women, people, not a step back! We shall build a factory for life!\u201d<\/strong> was raised amidst the beauty and strength of the <strong>Pirin Mountains<\/strong>. The sea at Varna, where he studied to become a marine engineer, inspired dreams of distant horizons, while his work at the factory in Kocherinovo introduced him to the song of machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His father, the revolutionary <strong>Yonko Vaptsarov<\/strong>, and his mother, <strong>Elena<\/strong>, shaped the two main paths of his destiny \u2013 the struggle for a better life for ordinary people <strong>\u201cfrom factories and offices\u201d<\/strong> and literature. Their home welcomed <strong>Peyo Yavorov and Elisaveta Bagryana, Tsar Ferdinand and Boris III, members of IMRO<\/strong>, and various intellectuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Vaptsarov\u2019s poetry speaks a citizen of the world \u2013 a man who knows history, lives through the hardships of the present, yet firmly believes that <strong>\u201cLife will come, more beautiful than a song, more beautiful than a spring day!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His poetry collection <strong>\u201cMotor Songs\u201d<\/strong> transforms harsh reality into poetry about the human being who has turned his faith into bread for the children of tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The bust of Vaptsarov was created by artist <strong>Vladimir Kirov<\/strong>, who specializes in painting and miniature art. He has received international awards in England, Canada and France, as well as the Grand Prize at the <strong>International Biennial of Miniature Arts in Ruse in 2011<\/strong>. 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