Stefan Tsanev

Stefan Tsanev

writer, actor

Stefan Tsanev was born on Aug 07, 1936 in Bulgaria. Stefan Tsanev's big-screen debut came with Nachaloto na edna vakantziya directed by Zako Heskiya in 1966. Stefan Tsanev is known for Prikazka za patya directed by Anri Kulev, Lyuben Chatalov stars as Uchitelyat and Valcho Kamarashev as Selskiyat pat. The upcoming new movie Stefan Tsanev plays is Prikazka za patya which will be released on Jul 21, 1985.

Stefan Nedelchev Tsanev a Bulgarian playwright , poet and writer . He was born in the village of Red Water , region Ruse, Bulgaria on August 7,1936. In Ruse he graduated from the School of Mathematics in 1954. In 1959, he graduated from journalism at Sofia University. In 1960 - 1965, he studied drama at the Moscow Cinema Institute. He was a correspondent of the newspaper "People's Youth" (1959-1960). He has worked as an editor in the Boyana Films Studio (1965 - 1967); as a playwright at the State Theatre of Satire (1967 - 1970), in Theatre 199 and in District's Theatre (1970-1973); in the Theatre "Sofia" (1973 - 1984; 1991); in the Plovdiv Drama Theatre (1984-1991); in Bulgarian Army's Theatre (1992-1996); in Theater "Sofia" (1996-2008). He is an author of poetry, drama, journalism and prose as well as poetry and plays for children. Notable his poetry is: "Hours. Poems" (1960); "Compositions. Poems" (1963); "I ask. Poems" (1975); "Requiem. Poems" (1980); "Lyrical" (1983); "Poems" (1984); "Heavenly mishaps. Poems" (1986); "The season of illusions. Love poems" (1988); "Save our souls! Poems" (1992). His plays are "The process against the Bogomils" (1969), "The Last Night of Socrates" (1986); "The Last Supper of Deacon Levski" (1987). His poems have been translated into all European languages, Chinese, Mongolian, Arabic and Hebrew, and his plays ( "The Last Night of Socrates", "Another death of Zhanna d'Arc") are played in Paris , Grenoble , Bordeaux , Athens , Montreal , Pittsburgh. His wife is the great Bulgarian actress Dorotea Toncheva. They have four children and three grandchildren.

  • Birthday

    Aug 07, 1936
  • Place of Birth

    Chervena voda, Ruse, Bulgaria