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18 june 1923 sofia , bulgaria kukush , ottoman empire 200px bulgarian 17 september 1898 hrsmirnenski.jpg hristo smirnenski
 hristo smirnenski poet , prose writer
hristo smirnenski

hristo smirnenski -lrb- -rrb- , born as hristo izmirliev , -lrb- september 17 , 1898 os - june 18 , 1923 -rrb- was a bulgarian poet and prose writer .
his hometown was kukush in macedonia , ottoman empire , -lrb- today kilkis , greece -rrb- , which had militant traditions and an enterprising population .
hristo was from a poor family , according to tushe daliivanov , a close relative and a writer hristo ` s father was important and admired man in kukush before his political disagreements with the greek authorities and eventually being put in prison and tortured because of his socialist views .
at the 25th of october the first balkan war started and the bulgarian troops released kukush .
-lrb- smirnensky was only 13 years old then -rrb- .
but the joy of the people happened to be too short .
after the victory of the balkan allies disagreements arise and second balkan war broke out .
the threat of invading greek troops leave kukush residents , the town was burned .
so the family of dimitar izmirliev with thousands of others refugees goes in search of salvation and living in sofia .
despite the poverty in which dimitar izmirliev and his wife found themselves , they made sure that their children studied ; hristo was in technical school and his younger brother anastas helped the family by selling newspapers .
