Assen Bossev (November 22, 1913 - April 24, 1997) was a prominent Bulgaria

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n author

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 of children's literature

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, as well as a translator from Russian

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He was born in the village of Ruska Bela

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, Vratsa region. He was educated there as well as in the town of Berkovitsa

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. Afterwards Bossev was a teacher for a certain period of time. He settled in Sofia

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, where he graduated in Law

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 and Diplomacy

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Soviet Russian poetess Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya

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 translated most of Bossev's poetry into Russian

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