Journalist Boyko Vassiliev: Atanas Dalchev Is Teacher Not Only of Poetry but Also Social Behaviour

Dimitrina Solakova, BTA special correspondent Ivan Lazarov

Boyko Vassilev speaking at the unveiling of the memorial plaue to the Dalchev brothers, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 15, 2024 (BTA Photo/Nikola Uzunov)

Thessaloniki, Greece,

15.09.2024 22:12

(BTA)

Boyko Vassilev, journalist and presenter on Bulgarian National Television, said here on Sunday that Atanas Dalchev is a teacher not only of poetry, of great values and exceptional mastery, but also of social behaviour. Vassilev was speaking at the unveiling of a memorial plaque to brothers Atanas and Lyubomir Dalchev in their hometown of Thessaloniki, Greece. The plaque is a joint initiative of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency and the Consulate General of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki and is located in the courtyard of the consulate building.

"I am extremely excited. Apart from being in one of my favourite cities, I am touching the most important topic in my life - the relationship between the European and the Bulgarian, between the world and the native. What greater proof of this connection than the personality of Atanas Dalchev", said Vassilev.

"This is the man who made no public compromise. This is the man who chose to remain silent rather than to get hung up on nonsense, lies, propaganda and everything else. This is the author of the famous remark that Bulgaria has many talents but no characters. I have always thought that the strength that Dalchev had was what united the Bulgarians from Macedonia - the stubbornness, the character, the strength. We should feel this strength today," the journalist added.

Among those present at Sunday's event were: BTA Director General Kiril Valchev; Victoria Dalcheva, daughter of Atanas Dalchev, and other members of the family; Prof. Huseyin Mevsim, professor of Bulgarian language and literature at Ankara University and author of the book Atanas Dalchev in Thessaloniki and Istanbul; Prof. Mihail Nedelchev, professor and researcher in theory and history of literature at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, editor of the two-volume book of Atanas Dalchev's works published by Bulgarian Writer in 1975, and author and editor of studies on the poet; Assoc. Prof. Georgi Lozanov, Editor-in-Chief of LIK magazine; and Irinei Konstantinov, actor with recordings of Atanas Dalchev's poems and Sofia Theatre Director.

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