
Sava Dobroplodni (; 3 December 1820 – 19 April 1894), born Sava Hadzhiiliev (Сава Хаджиилиев), was a
Bulgaria
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n writer, teacher and theatrical worker of the
Bulgarian National Revival
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and an honorary member of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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.
Dobroplodni was born in the
Bulgaria
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n town of
Sliven
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. He began his education in
Kotel, but graduated from the
Phanar Greek Orthodox College
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in
Istanbul
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. Upon graduating he became a teacher and served in many towns around the country, including Kotel,
Shumen
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Etymology
The city ...
, Sliven,
Varna
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Places Europe
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** Varna Province
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Asia
* Var ...
,
Tulcea
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and
Silistra
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. During the
Crimean War
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of 1853–1856, Dobroplodni briefly worked as a
Greek-language
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teacher in the
Austrian Empire
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, more specifically at the
Sremski Karlovci
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high school. After he returned to the Bulgarian lands, he initiated the foundation of the cultural centre (''
chitalishte
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'') in Shumen and the staging of the comedy play ''Mihal the Mouse-Eater'' in 1856. The staging of ''Mihal the Mouse-Eater'' was the first organized theatrical performance in Bulgaria.
After the
Liberation of Bulgaria
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in 1878, Dobroplodni was a state official and after 1881 a school inspector. He wrote several textbooks, such as ''Guide to Mixed Schools'', ''Concise Health'', ''New Easy Method to Study Bulgarian and Practical Russian and Greek''. He edited the ''New Bulgarian Bee'' newspaper and authored several plays, including ''The Three Corporals'', ''The Petition Writer'', etc.
Dobroplodni died in
Sofia
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on 19 April 1894.
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Writers from Sliven
Writers from the Ottoman Empire
Bulgarian schoolteachers
Bulgarian dramatists and playwrights
Bulgarian male writers
Male dramatists and playwrights
1820 births
1894 deaths
19th-century Bulgarian writers
19th-century dramatists and playwrights
19th-century Bulgarian male writers