Hristo Smirnenski

Hristo Smirnenski
Native name
Христо Смирненски
BornHristo Izmirliev
(1898-09-17)September 17, 1898
Kılkış, Ottoman Empire
DiedJune 18, 1923(1923-06-18) (aged 24)
Sofia, Bulgaria
OccupationPoet, prose writer
NationalityOttoman/Bulgarian
SpouseZhenya Dyustabanova

Hristo Dimitrov Izmirliev (Bulgarian: Христо Димитров Измирлиев), known as Hristo Smirnenski, (September 17, 1898, OS – June 18, 1923) was a Bulgarian poet and prose writer who joined the Bulgarian Communist Party and whose works championed socialist ideals in a light-hearted and humane style. He died at the age of 24, leaving a well regarded body of work produced over a mature career of only three years.