Ganka Naydenova-Stoilova

The self-observations of creative individuals provide the most valuable data through which we can gain insight into an insufficiently studied field and place research on the creative process on a sound scientific footing. Books such as Goethe's Conversations with Eckermann, Fr. Hebbel's Diaries, or Stanislavski's My Life in Art are a rich source both for researchers of the personal work of these artists and for scholars who want to establish the general patterns in the creative process. After all, such personal confessions by significant artists are always solid and powerful nourishment for any young talent.

This series of letters by Yavorov touches upon a particularly significant moment in his creative career. The year he spent in Pomorie was a time of continuous creative growth. It was then that some of the poet's most significant works were written and conceived, such as "Kaliopa," "Armenians," "By the Hearth," "Hailstorm," and others. Yavorov's Anchialos notebooks record new poems almost every day, with ever new poetic ideas, evidence of an extraordinary creative fervor. The first issue of the magazine Misul ot novi vek (Thought from the New Century) begins with "Kaliopa." Dr. Krastov and P. P. Slaveykov already show a personal interest in the new brilliant talent and, with particular generosity, give him his deserved place in their magazine. They corresponded with the unknown telegraph operator and arranged for him to move to Sofia. This generous recognition undoubtedly contributed to the blossoming of the young poet's creative powers. This generous recognition undoubtedly contributed to the blossoming of the young poet's creative powers. According to his own words, half of the red collection "Poems" was written during that year, 1900. At the end of the same year, I published the collection. Even before its appearance, within a few months, I became the most popular poet in Bulgaria." (Dr. M. Arnaudov, "Towards the Psychography of P. K. Yavorov," Sofia 1916, p. 25).