Pavel Deliradev
Bulgarian philosopher
Pavel Dimitrov Deliradev (Bulgarian: Павел Димитров Делирадев; 15 February 1879 – 9 February 1957) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, writer, researcher, journalist and public figure.
Early life and education
He was born on 15 February 1879 in the town of Panagyurishte, then in Eastern Rumelia. Deliradev graduated from junior high school in his hometown and later a carpentry school in Ruse. He later studied history and geography at Sofia University, but per historian Mercia MacDermott, he was unable to graduate due to political discrimination. In 1894, he became a teacher in the village of Pchelin, Sofia Province. There he became a leftist.
Career
He became a member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party in 1897. Deliradev was the founder of the socialist organizations in Panagyurishte and Ruse and of the Bulgarian General Workers' Trade Union, collaborating with Georgi Dimitrov for the latter. From 1907, to 1912 he led an armed detachment of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in Ottoman Macedonia and edited the newspapers of the Serres revolutionary district. Along with fellow leftist Dimo Hadzhidimov, he supported Yane Sandanski's decision to contact the Young Turks.
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