Kuzman Shapkarev

Kuzman Shapkarev was born in Ohrid in 1834. He wrote the book collection ‘Bulgarian Folklore Proverbs’. It had a number of volumes that portrayed Bulgarian psychology and all of its characters – from the normal to the intelligent, there was something describing everyone. Although he had a troublesome personal life he had a significant contribution to the Bulgarian cultural revival. He was the initiator of the Bulgarian high school in Thessaloniki that you will hear about in the following exposition.