Yan Bibiyan

Yan Bibiyan () is the first Bulgarian fantasy novel for children by the Bulgarian writer Elin Pelin and the name of its protagonist. The novel is described as " the most celebrated children’s fantasy novel". Today there is almost nobody in Bulgaria who has not read it as a child, and it is part of the recommended literature for the fourth grade curriculum.

The novel consists of two parts: „Ян Бибиян. Невероятни приключения на едно хлапе“ ("Yan Bibiyan. The Amazing Adventures of a Boy, 1933) и „Ян Бибиян на Луната" (Yan Bibiyan on the Moon, 1934).

In the first part Yan Bibiyan befriends a mischievous devilkin Fyut. Later Yan gets trapped in a kingdom of a Great Vizard Mirilaylay (Мирилайлай). The genre of this part may be described as a fairy tale or fantasy.

In the second part Yan Bibiyan gets to the Moon, and it is a classical science fiction, where Fyut appears only episodically.

In the preface to the second part the author gave the following summary of the first part:

based on the novel was written. Libretto: Алла Герова, music: . It premiered in the Ruse National Opera on May 14, 1969.

In 1985 based on the novel was produced.

In 2022 the Bulgarian National Film Center funded the film to be directed by Javor Gardev based in the novel.22 film projects financed by the Bulgarian National Film Center
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Елин Пелин. Ян Бибиян (Невероятните приключения на едно хлапе)
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20th-century Bulgarian novels
1934 science fiction novels
1933 fantasy novels
1933 children's books
Bulgarian science fiction novels
Science fantasy novels
Children's science fiction novels
Children's fantasy novels
Novels set on the Moon
Children's books set on the Moon
Novels about demons
Fictional Bulgarian people
Novels adapted into films
Novels adapted into operas