Todor Genchov Vlaykov (13 February 1865 â 28 April 1943), also known by his pseudonymàVeselin, was aàBulgarianàwriter, public figure andàpolitician.àHis most famous work is theàstoryà"Grandfather Slavchova's Granddaughter".àHis great-grandson is the diplomatàRadko Vlaykov.ÃÂ
He was born on February 13, 1865, in the town of Pirdop. He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University in 1888. He was the founder and chairman of the Bulgarian Teachers' Union. He was a full member of the BKD (now BAS) from 1900 onwards.
In 1890 Vlaykov and Todor Yonchev founded the first Bulgarian cooperative - Mirkovo Mutual Savings Agricultural Association "Oralo" in Mirkovo.
Vlaykov was one of the founders and the first leader of the Radical Democratic Party. At the founding of the Democratic Alliance in 1923, he participated in the group that drafted the first program of the new party.
InÃÂ 1926, on the initiative ofÃÂ Vlaykov's wife, Maria Vlaykova, a building was opened to house a Cinema.ÃÂ Shortly after, the newly built cinema on Tsar Ivan Asen II Street was donated to theÃÂ Ministry of Public Education, and a little later it was officially named theÃÂ Vlaykova Cinema, in honour of Todor and his wife.
In 2007, with the decision of the Municipal Council ofÃÂ Pirdop, the Todor Vlaykov National Literary Prize was established.
Stories and Narratives 1897