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Poet, journalist, and politician who served as Bulgarian Vice President from 1992-1993. Her literary works include Because the Sea is Black and The Last Rock Eagle.She failed to publish four books of poetry in the 1970s, likely because her work was regarded as condemnatory of her country's Communist government.She inspired John Updike's story "The Bulgarian Poetess."
BEFORE FAMEShe studied at the University of Sofia. During the Vietnam War era, she worked as a war journalist.
PERSONAL LIFEThe daughter of a lawyer and a teacher, she married Jordan Vasilev, a literary critic.
FUN FACTSPoet Blaga Dimitrova were born on Monday, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Dog, it is 364 days until Blaga Dimitrova next birthday.
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