Education
Sofia University.
playwright screenwriter writer
Sofia University.
He began his career as a journalist while studying for an Master of Arts in Literature at Sofia University. Stratiev"s career as a playwright took off in 1974 with the runaway success of his first play,, which was performed at the Sofia"s Satirical Theatre for more than 10 consecutive seasons to packed halls. That was followed by, The Business, and many others
Stratiev"s plays have been performed in Belgium, China, the Czechoslovakian Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Syria, the Slovak Republic, Turkey, and others was runner-up in the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service Radio"s Playwriting Competition 1993 and was produced and broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation. While most popular as a playwright, Stratiev also wrote prose works combining social satire and lyricism, translated into more than 30 languages all over the world.
The cult comedy A Band With Number Name was recognized as the best Bulgarian film of all times by the readers of the 24 Chasa daily in 2005 and favourite Bulgarian film by the listeners of Atlantic radio in 2006. From 1975 until his death in 2000 he worked as literary director of the Sofia Satirical Theatre.
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