Elin Pelin

Elin Pelin was born on Jul 18, 1878 in Bulgaria. Elin Pelin's big-screen debut came with Kogato lyubovta govori directed by Panayot Kenkov in 1928. Elin Pelin is known for Yan Bibiyan directed by Vasil Apostolov, Mikhael Dontchev stars as Yan Bibiyan and Margarita Karamiteva as Fyut. The upcoming new movie Elin Pelin plays is Yan Bibiyan which will be released on Jan 07, 1985.

Grew up in the countryside outide Sofia. Studied to become a teacher at a local school in 1895. His first short story, published in 1901, drew the attention of literary circles in Sofia and he went to the capital to work as a librarian. This occupation gave him a lot of time to write and travel. During the First World War, he worked as a war correspondent. After the war, he became director of the Ivan Vazov Museum. Published novellas, short stories, children's stories and was co-founder of the literary periodical Razvigor.