Sava Dobroplodni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bulgarian writer
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Place of Birth: Sliven, Sliven Province, Bulgaria
About Sava Dobroplodni
- Sava Dobroplodni (Bulgarian: ???? ???????????; 3 December 1820 – 19 April 1894), born Sava Hadzhiiliev (???? ??????????), was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and theatrical worker of the Bulgarian National Revival and an honorary member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Dobroplodni was born in the Bulgarian town of Sliven.
- He began his education in Kotel, but graduated from the Phanar Greek Orthodox College in Istanbul.
- Upon graduating he became a teacher and served in many towns around the country, including Kotel, Shumen, Sliven, Varna, Tulcea and Silistra.
- During the Crimean War of 1853–1856, Dobroplodni briefly worked as a Greek-language teacher in the Austrian Empire, more specifically at the Sremski Karlovci high school.
- After he returned to the Bulgarian lands, he initiated the foundation of the cultural centre (chitalishte) in Shumen and the staging of the comedy play Mihal the Mouse-Eater in 1856.
- The staging of Mihal the Mouse-Eater was the first organized theatrical performance in Bulgaria.[1] After the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, Dobroplodni was a state official and after 1881 a school inspector.
- He wrote several textbooks, such as Guide to Mixed Schools, Concise Health, New Easy Method to Study Bulgarian and Practical Russian and Greek.
- He edited the New Bulgarian Bee newspaper and authored several plays, including The Three Corporals, The Petition Writer, etc. Dobroplodni died in Sofia on 19 April 1894.
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