Yovkov biography of albert

PERSONAL: Born November 9, 1880, in Zheravna, Bulgaria; died October 15, 1937, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; son of Stefan Yovkov (a sheep farmer) and Pena Boychova; married Despina Koleva, 1918; children: Elka.

Education: University of Sofia, law degree program, unfinished.

CAREER: Teacher in Dobrudzha, Bulgaria; Bulgarian Legation, Bucharest, Hungary, translator and press attaché, 1920-27; La Bulgarie, Sofia, Bulgaria, editorial board, 1927-29; Sofia press department, 1936-37; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, Bulgaria.

AWARDS, HONORS: Kiril and Metodiy Prize for literature (upon recommendation by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), 1929.

WRITINGS:

Razkazi (Title means "Short Stories"), 2 volumes, Kniga (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1917.

Zhetvaryat Povest (Title means "The Harvester"), Obrazovanie (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1920, revised edition, Khemus (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1930.

Posledna radost Razkazi (Title means "Last Joy"), Khemus (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1