Nikola Vaptsarov
Nikola Vaptsarov was born on December 7, 1909. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Nikola Vaptsarov
Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov (Bulgarian: Никола Йонков Вапцаров; Macedonian: Никола Јонков Вапцаров, romanized: Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet and Communist Party activist. He worked most of his life as a machinist, and wrote in his spare time. He published the poetry book, Motor Songs. In the latter part of his life, as a Macedonian nationalist, he was the driving force of the Macedonian Literary Circle until World War II, when it was disbanded and its attempts to awaken Macedonian identity were abandoned. Vaptsarov joined the resistance movement and, because of his subversive activities in favor of the Soviet Union and against the Bulgarian government and the German troops in Bulgaria, he was arrested, then tried, sentenced and executed the same day.