Nikola Vaptsarov
Nikola Vaptsarov | |
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Vaptsarov during his time in the Varna Naval Machinery School | |
| Native name | Никола Вапцаров |
| Born | 7 December 1909 Bansko, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 23 July 1942 (aged 32) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation | poet, activist of the communist resistance |
| Citizenship | Bulgarian |
| Notable works | Motor Songs |
Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov (Bulgarian: Никола Йонков Вапцаров; Macedonian: Никола Јонков Вапцаров, romanized: Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet and Bulgarian Communist Party activist. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the fact that he only ever published one poetry book, he is considered one of the most important Bulgarian poets. Because of his subversive activities in favor of the Soviet Union and against the Bulgarian government and the German troops in Bulgaria, Vaptsarov was arrested, tried, sentenced and executed the same night by a firing squad.