Chudomir

{{Short description|Bulgarian writer and painter}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2024}} thumb|Chudomir Portrait {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2015}}

'''Chudomir''' ({{Langx|bg|Чудомир}}) (March 25, 1890 – December 26, 1967), born '''Dimitar Hristov Chorbadjisky''' ({{Langx|bg|Димитър Христов Чорбаджийски}}), was a Bulgarian writer and painter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ivanov |first=Stefan |date=2023-03-17 |title=The birthplace of Chudomir |url=https://www.photomoments.bg/post/birthplace-of-chudomir |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Photo moments |language=en}}</ref>

He is famous for his short stories, such as "I'm not One of Them" ("Не съм от тях") and "Locals" ("Нашенци"), satirizing the human weaknesses and political vices of his time.

==Biography== He was born in village Turia (Bulgarian Kingdom) on March 25, 1890<ref name=":0" /> and died in Sofia (People's Republic of Bulgaria) in 1967. He was one of the five children in the family of Maria Doncheva and Hristo Chorbadjiiski. Until the age of 16, he studied in a local school. In 1913 he graduated from the National-painter-industrial college in Sofia. He took part in the Balkan wars and World War I. In 1921 he married Mary Nonova. He was a school teacher for 13 years (1920–1933) in Kazanlak. From 1929–1930 Chudomir specialized drawing in Paris. Until his death he was the president of 'Iskra' library and director of the Ethnographic museum in Kazanlak.

== Modern Media == In 2012 there was a documentary film released about Chudomir that detailed the supposed "secrets" of the Bulgarian writer and artist. The film starring Marius Kurkinsky was written by Georgi Toshev and Yavor Vesselinov as well as directed by Vesselinov.<ref>{{Citation |last=Vesselinov |first=Yavor |title=Chudomir |date=2012-03-27 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2562686/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |others=Marius Kurkinsky |publisher=Short Cut Productions}}</ref>

==Honour== Chudomir Cove in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after Chudomir.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Чудомир 531316287 f3cdbf4cf3 o.jpg | "Posthumous mask“ File:Чудомир 551884647 08e2b270de o.jpg | "The grave of Chudomir“ File:Чудомир 551392942 1743972cdc o.jpg | "Literary and Art Museum of "Chudomir" in Kazanlak“ File:Чудомир 531183250 bd9e5db9b7 o.jpg | "Posthumous mask on Chudomir“ File:Чудомир 548617674 0c6cb77c3e o.jpg | "Chudomir's autograph“ File:Чудомир 555676631 8193b9f1f0 o.jpg | "Chudomir's father and mother“ File:Чудомир 555217940 1bbb289944 o.jpg | "Chudomir and Mara in Bankia 1929“ Image:Чудомир 555470711 2c0bb566cd o.jpg | "Neda's sister, mother, Chudomir 1921 - Mara 1921"</gallery>

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