Veselin Branev

Veselin Branev
Veselin Branev
Веселин Бранев
	Branev in 2009
Born	28 April 1932; Sofia, Bulgaria
Died	21 February 2014 (aged 81); Quebec, Canada
Other names	Vesselin Branev
Occupation	Writer

Veselin Nedelchev Branev (Bulgarian: Веселин Неделчев Бранев; 28 April 1932 - 21 February 2014) was a Bulgarian film director, screenwriter, film critic and writer.

Life and career

The brother of the director Georgi [bg], Branev graduated in law at the Sofia University, and then studied film directing in Berlin.^[1] From 1957 he was active as a screenwriter at Boyana Film,^[1] and in 1983 he made his directorial film debut with Hotel Central, which was entered into the competition at the 40th Venice International Film Festival to large critical acclaim.^[2]

Branev was also active as a columnist and film critic, working for prominent publications such as Narodna kultura [bg] and Narodna mladezh [bg].^[1] In 1997 he moved to Canada, where he mainly focused on his literary activity.^[1] His 2007 semi-autobiographical novel Sledeniyat chovek (Следеният човек, "The tracked man"), raised a critical stir and large controversies in his home country.^[1]^[3]

During his life he was the recipient of several awards and accolades, including the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and the Golden Rose Award.^[1] He died on 21 February 2014, at the age of 81.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Димитрова, Маринели. "Веселин Бранев". dictionarylit-bg.eu (in Bulgarian). Dictionary of Bulgarian Post-Liberation Culture. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ Goulding, Daniel J. (1989). Post New Wave Cinema in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-253-34559-2.
^ Luca, Ioana (2015). "Secret Police Files, Tangled Life Narratives: Te 1.5 generation of Communist surveillance". Biography. 38 (3). University of Hawai'i Press: 363–394. ISSN 0162-4962. JSTOR 24570336. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

External links

Veselin Branev at IMDb

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[bio-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Димитрова, Маринели. "Веселин Бранев". dictionarylit-bg.eu (in Bulgarian). Dictionary of Bulgarian Post-Liberation Culture. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

[2] Goulding, Daniel J. (1989). Post New Wave Cinema in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-253-34559-2.

[3] Luca, Ioana (2015). "Secret Police Files, Tangled Life Narratives: Te 1.5 generation of Communist surveillance". Biography. 38 (3). University of Hawai'i Press: 363–394. ISSN 0162-4962. JSTOR 24570336. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

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