Socialist realism
After the Second World War Bulgarian literature fell under the control of the Communist Party and, particularly in the early years, was required to conform to the style called "Socialist realism". Dimitar Dimov (1909-1966) was forced to revise his best-selling novel "Tobacco" (1952), adapted for cinema as the 1962 film "Tobacco", to make it acceptable from the viewpoint of socialist realism by adding Communists and working-class characters and storylines.