Figures of Plovdiv

Figures of Plovdiv

Assen Kisimov (1936-2005)

Assen Kisimov (1936-2005)

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The actor Assen Kisimov was born on May 3rd, 1936, in Plovdiv.

Ever since he was 12 he participated actively in radio performances. In 1959 he graduated from the Film and Theatre Arts Academy in Sofia, Major Acting, in the Prof. Georgi Stamatovs class, and became an actor first in the Bourgass Drama Theater and later in the BG Army Theater.

He played more than 120 characters in theater plays and more than 35 ones in the cinema. For almost 40 years in row he spent each Saturday behind the microphone in the Conversation with the Audience radio show at the Hristo Botev channel, which could have successfully won him a Guinness record for hosting the longest surviving radio show.

All of his professional life has been dedicated to children. Ever since 1962 he had been telling fairy tale stories on TV. A large number of the films he played characters in were also focused on kids world.

Assen Kisimov died unexpectedly on July 13th, 2005, while in the town of Blagoevgrad for the opening of the exhibition Art + Love = Paris. He loved children and always treated them with great respect as he believed them superior to adults. With kids it is always fair competition, no treachery, no actions behind ones back. Just fair competition.

Д-р Теофил Груев (1884 - 1959)
Д-р Теофил Христов Груев е роден в Габрово през 1884 година. Баща му, Христо Груев Данов от Клисура, е първи братовчед на книгоиздателя Христо Груев Данов. За да не ги бъркат поради еднаквите имена, двамата решават да направят промени: по-големият остава Христо Г.Данов, а по-малкият – Христо Груев.
Ivan Andreev, professor
Ivan Andreev, professor
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Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
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Hristo Bonev was born February 3, 1947 in Plovdiv. Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 47 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and...
Georgi Tringov, Grandmaster of chess (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000)
Grandmaster of chess, Georgi Tringov (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000), was a Grandmaster of chess from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He won the Bulgarian national chess championship in 1963 - the ...
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
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She was born on May 10th, 1960, in Plovdiv. Her début as a singer took place while she still was a high school student – she became the solo singer of the Pop-Music Band of the Plovdiv...
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
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Nayden Gerov (23.02.1823 - 09.10.1900)
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Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
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Yordan Kovachev  (1895 - 1966)
Yordan Kovachev (1895 - 1966)
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He was born in the town of Peshtera on October 18, 1895. He followed the footsteps of his lawyer father and after graduating high school in Plovdiv, he studied Law school. He settled in Plovdiv.
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
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Assen Zlatev was born on May 23, 1960, in the village of Tsarimir, Plovdiv Region. The reason for him to turn to the Vassil Levski Sports School in Plovdiv was probably the fact that he lost his fa...