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Kuzman Shapkarev

Kuzman Shapkarev was born in the town of Ohrid in 1834. He received his elementary schooling in his native town from his uncle Yanaki Strezov. In 1854 together with him, he opened a private school. He worked as a teacher of Greek and Bulgarian in Struga, Ohrid, Prilep, Kukush and Bitolia. He founded high school for men and young girls in Thessaloniki. After 1883 he lived in Bulgaria, where he worked as a notary in the City Court in Sliven and Stara Zagora and a judge in Vratsa and Botevgrad. Under the influence of his uncle and Dimitar Miladinov, Kuzman Shapkarev began to search and collect folklore. He published history-ethnographic descriptions and articles on language issues, wrote a dictionary and contributed to editions from Istanbul and Dunavski Lebed (Danudian Swan) of Georgi Rakovski. His most significant work is the book Bulgarian folklore, which consists of 1300 folk songs, 280 tales, descriptions of folk custom and clothes. In 1900 he became member of the Bulgarian Literary Society (now Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). He was awarded with medal for Public Service – V class. Kuzman Shapkarev died on March 18, 1909 in Sofia.

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