Writing · Writer · Novel
Born Jun 27, 1850 · Sopot, Vazovgrad, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire [now Bulgaria]
Active 1936–1921 · Awards: Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-apostles, honorary citizen of Sofia, honorary doctor of Sofia University
Ivan Minchov Vazov was a Bulgarian poet, novelist, and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria.