Bulgarian writer Krastyo Ribarov turns 102

Writer Krastyo Ribarov celebrates his 102nd birthday today. According to the 2021 Guinness World Records, he is the oldest author-storyteller, who published his first book - a collection of humorous stories, at the age of 98, reports his daughter, writer Tonya Borisova. Now with the autobiographical trilogy "Memories of a Lost World", his books become four. They were created in tandem with his daughter Tonya

His books carry the message to preserve the Bulgarian memory, to hear the voices of the ancestors in our souls, to seek the power of ancestral roots and to feel the energy of the immortal, creative Bulgarian spirit.

Editor: Miglena Ivanova

Publication in English: Al. Markov

Photo: personal archive