Ivan Mavrodi
Ivan Mavrodi (Russian: Иван Мавроди; 5 August 1911, Katarzhino:– 1981, Odessa) was a Bulgarian-Ukrainian Soviet writer and poet.
Ivan Mavrodi was born in the largely Bulgarian village of Katarzhino (Катаржино), later Stalino, now Krasnoznamenka (Краснознаменка), Odessa Oblast, Ukraine, to a family of Bulgarian resettlers to the Russian Empire. In 1935 he graduated from Odessa Pedagogical Ins*ute and worked as teacher in rural schools. During the Great Patriotic War he joined the active service in the Soviet Army.
His first publications are dated by 1932.
Contents
- 1 Works
- 1.1 Books
- 1.2 Poetry
- 2 References
Works
Books
In Bulgarian language, by the National Minorities Publishing House, Kharkiv, Ukraine:
- 1932: «Партизани. И други разкази»
- 1934: «На пълен ход»
- 1941: «Дочо Цигуларов»
In Russian language:
- 1955: «Радость»
- 1956: «Первые всходы»
- 1961: «У нас на юге»
- 1977: «Буджакские повести»
Poetry
He wrote poems in the Bulgarian language throughout his whole life, but was unable to find a publisher in the Ukrainian SSR. In 1972 the Moldavian Soviet publisher Cartea Moldovenească, Chişinău, printed his collection of poems «За тебе аз мисля» (I am Thinking about You).