Dimcho Debelyanov house

The house of Bulgarian poet Dimcho Debelyanov (Димчо Дебелянов) (1887 - 1916) is now a museum in Koprivshtitsa. After early wealth, the family left this house on the death of Debelyanov's father and moved throughout Bulgaria.This loss of place had an influence on Debelyanov's work (he wrote of Plovdiv - now a centre for European haulage - with regret, calling it "the sorrowful city").

The house is beautiful with a lovely cobbled yard but as the family left the house, the interior is mostly museum-like but visitors comment on the warm atmosphere that remains.

Debelyanov's brief career through a variety of jobs ended in death in World War 1 fighting intriguingly with an Irish division. His fame as a poet was posthumous when his work was collected by friends after his death and published in a two volume anthology with his letters and notes. Today Debelyanov Point in Robert Island, South Shetland Islands is named after him.

More on the Dimcho Debelyanov house here http://visit.guide-bulgaria.com/a/183/dimcho_debelyanov_house-museum.htm and here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimcho_Debelyanov.

Remember, remember the quiet space

quiet home in white blossom cherries?

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Over to New York for the delicious Poets House...don't overlook Bill Murray reading Wallace Stevens among many other delights...free and open to the public might be another factor worth mentioning.

Full details here http://poetshouse.org/

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The rather wonderful world of Jenny Lewis can be found in Oxford. Classes and the river and well, Oxford...

More information here http://jennylewis.org.uk/the-poets-house-oxford/

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The Lower Gallery of LH in London is where it is at - regular poetry readings and you can set up a reading yourself -  Katherine Ives is the woman to speak to and she welcomes enquiries from any poets interested in reading their work.

Find out more about the schedule here http://www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk/page.asp?ID=13