What is Valeri Petrov?
[[File:Valeri-Petrov-20110520.jpg|thumb|Petrov in May 2011.]] '''Valeri Nisim Mevorah''' ({{Lang-bg|Валери Нисим Меворах}}; 22 April 1920 &ndash; 27 August 2014), better known as '''Valeri Petrov''' ({{Lang-bg|Валери Петров}}), was a [[Bulgaria]]n [[poet]], [[screenwriter]], [[playwright]] and [[translator]]. He was active between 1945 and the 1990s. He wrote the screenplay for a [[movie]] called ''[[Yo Ho Ho]]'' in 1981. It was made into a movie again in 2006, called ''[[The Fall (2006 movie)|The Fall]]'' . Petrov was born in [[Sofia]]. His father was [[Jewish]]. During [[World War II]], Bulgaria was (for a time) pro-[[Nazi]] so he used his non-Jewish mother's surname. He graduated in [[medicine]] from [[Sofia University]] in 1944. He was [[Politics|politically]] a [[Left-wing|leftist]] and [[socialist]]. Between 1947 and 1950, to continue his writing career he worked as a press and cultural attache and traveled to [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. He also went to the [[United States]], [[Switzerland]] and [[France]]. He was a member of the Bulgarian parliament. ==Death== Petrov died from a [[stroke]] on 27 August 2014 in Sofia, aged 94.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://offnews.bg/news/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_4/%D0%9D%D0%B0-94-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_381302.html|title=На 94-годишна възраст почина големият Валери Петров|work=OFF News|date=27 August 2014|accessdate=27 August 2014|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|http://www.valpetrov.hit.bg/}} {{Small|{{in lang|bg}}}} * {{IMDb name|0678199}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Valeri}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Sofia]] [[Category:Writers from Sofia]] [[Category:Bulgarian playwrights]] [[Category:Bulgarian poets