Elin Pelin

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Elin Pelin
Native name	Елин Пелин
Born	Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov (1877-07-08)8 July 1877 Bailovo, Ottoman Empire (now Bulgaria)
Died	3 December 1949(1949-12-03) (aged 72) Sofia, Bulgaria
Resting place	Central Sofia Cemetery
Genres	story, impression (short story), Balkan country poem, Bulgarian novel
Subject	the Bulgarian village
Notable works	"Fatherland's politeness" (1895), country poem
Children	2

Elin Pelin (Bulgarian: Елин Пелин [ɛˈlin pɛˈlin]) (8 July 1877 – 3 December 1949), born Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Димитър Иванов Стоянов) was a Bulgarian writer and poet considered Bulgaria’s best narrator of the Bulgarian (Balkan) countryside and village.