Dissident poet whose satires inspired generations of Bulgarians during
the country's totalitarian times. One of his most popular books, "Hot
Peppers," contained humorous poems, anecdotes, and epigrams criticizing
the communist regime. Soon after it was published in the mid-1970s, the
work was seized from bookstores and destroyed by order of the Communist
Party, and led to a seven-year publishing ban against the
author.
