Aleko Konstantinov(1863-1897)

Konstantinov spent most of his youth in Russia. Studied law at Odessa University and graduated in 1885, after which he returned to Bulgaria (which had become an independent state by then) to work at the Sofia Law Court. In 1893 he travelled to the United States and wrote the journal To Chicago and Back, published the same year. Konstantinov was politically active and he was murdered by political opponents in May 1897, barely 34 years old. As a writer he became famous for his Bai Gano stories.