Georgi Dimov (1918–1994) in the Light of His Centenary

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Pages: 11-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/LXGJ8901

Abstract:

2018 marks one hundred years since the birth of Georgi Dimov – the fourth rector of the University of Veliko Tarnovo – UVT (1968 –1970). The text introduces the path of the scholar, professor and rector, his merits and contributions. Georgi Dimov graduated from Romance studies at the University of Sofia in 1943, and defended his doctoral thesis in Italy in 1943. As an academic at UVT he taught mainly courses in Bulgarian literature. His scholarly research was mostly related to the history of Bulgarian literary criticism and the national literary process (in a comparative international context). He is credited with the integration of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with the University of Veliko Tarnovo. Between 1976 – 1983 he was a visiting professor in Italy (Naples, Rome, Pisa, Bologna) and he organised five Italian-Bulgarian conferences. He was a visiting professor at the Sorbonne (1967) and a member of The Annales school (École des Annales). He participated in a number of international congresses and conferences: at Yale University and universities in Warsaw, Budapest, Moscow, Ljubljana, Belgrade, Prague, Athens, Bucharest.

Keywords:

Georgi Dimov, centennial, history of St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, history of Bulgarian literary criticism, Italy

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