Ran Bosilek () (26 September 1886 in

Gabrovo Gabrovo ( ) is a city in central northern Bulgaria, the Local government, administrative centre of Gabrovo Province.It is situated at the foot of the central Balkan Mountains, in the valley of the Yantra River, and is known as an international ca ...

– 8 October 1958 in

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

), born Gencho Stanchev Negentsov (), was a Bulgarian author of children's books. Three years before his death, in 1955, he translated Astrid Lindgren's children's book "

Karlsson-on-the-Roof Karlsson-on-the-Roof () is a character who features in a series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Lindgren may have borrowed the idea for the series from a similar story about Mr. O'Malley in the comic strip '' Barnaby' ...

" into Bulgarian.

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