Georgi Pulevski
Macedonian writer
Died when: 76 years 43 days (913 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Georgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji or Gjorgjija Pulevski (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Пулевски or Ѓорѓија Пулевски, Bulgarian: Георги Пулевски, Serbian: Ђорђе Пуљевски; 1817–1895) was a Mijak writer and revolutionary, known today as the first author to express publicly the idea of a Macedonian nation distinct from Bulgarian, as well as a separate Macedonian language.
Pulevski was born in 1817 in Galičnik, then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and died in 1895 in Sofia, Principality of Bulgaria.
Trained as a stonemason, he became a self-taught writer in matters relating to the Macedonian language and culture.In Bulgaria he is regarded as a Bulgarian and early adherent to Macedonism.
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