
Dimitar Dimitrov, born 1937 in Chrisa near
Aridaia
Aridaía (; mk, С'ботско, ''S'botsko''; bg, Съботско) is a town and a former municipality in the Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Almopia, of which it is a mun ...
,
Pella regional unit,
Greece, is an
ethnic Macedonian
Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identif ...
philosopher, writer, journalist, and diplomat who was the Minister of Culture and Minister of Education in the
Republic of North Macedonia.
In
North Macedonia, Dimitrov has a reputation for being a
Bulgarophile intellectual. Dimitrov is a supporter of the thesis that there was a process of de-bulgarisation in the 20th century on the territory of North Macedonia.
Dimitrov is an author of philosophical, political and children's books. He published three books with short stories for children - "Shepherd boy" (1960), "Goodbye childhood" and "Where we are children" (1962).
[Друговац, Миодраг. Историја на македонската книжевност ХХ век, Скопје 1990, с. 684 (Drugovac, Miodrag. History of the Macedonian literature 20th century, Skopje 1990, p. 684).]
References
1937 births
Living people
Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia
Bulgarians from Aegean Macedonia
Macedonian children's writers
Macedonian writers
Macedonian diplomats
Macedonian scientists
Culture ministers of North Macedonia
Education ministers of North Macedonia
Child refugees
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People from Aridaia