Petya Dubarova

Petya Stoykova Dubarova (Bulgarian: Петя Стойкова Дубарова) (April 25, 1962 – December 4, 1979) was a Bulgarian poet.

Petya Dubarova
Aged 16
Born	25 April 1962 Burgas, Bulgaria
Died	4 December 1979 (aged 17) Burgas, Bulgaria
Occupation	Poet
Website
www.dubarovamuseum.com

Life

She was born and lived in the seaside town of Burgas. Dubarova published poems in youth newspapers and magazines such as: Septemvriyche, Rodna Rech, and Mladezh (Youth). Some of her poems became songs, very popular in Bulgaria since the 1980s: Зимна ваканция (Winter holidays), Пролет (Spring), Доброта (Kindness), Лунапарк (Fun-fair), Нощ над града (Night over the city).

Dubarova committed suicide via sleeping pills on December 4, 1979 at the age of 17. The Young Communist League organized regularly "voluntary" work on farm. While collecting tomatoes, she was accused that she stole someone else's case of tomatoes. She could not prove her innocence, and could not bare the injustice. She left a note that says:

"Измамена (Deceived)

Младост (Youth)

Прошка (Forgiveness)

Сън (Sleep)

Спомен (Memory)

Зад стените на голямата къща (Behind the walls of the big house)

ТАЙНА (SECRET)"

Selected works

• "Az i Moreto" (The Sea and Me) (1980)
• "Lyastovitsa. Stihove i Razkazi" (Swallow. Poems and short stories) (1987)

External links

• Media related to Petya Dubarova at Wikimedia Commons
• Petya Dubarova biography at slovo.bg (in Bulgarian)