Songs (1940). Legacy In 1949, the Bulgarian Naval Academy was renamed Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. On 3 December 1953, he received posthumously the International Peace Award. His Selected Poems were published in London in 1954, by Lawrence & Wishart, translated into English with a foreword by British poet Peter Tempest. His poetry has been translated in 98 languages throughout the world. Vaptsarov Peak in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica is named after the famous Bulgarian poet. Today, Nikola Vaptsarov's childhood home in Bansko and residence in Sofia are both museums. Notes External links Full list of works Biography of Nikola Vapcarov Poems by Nikola Vapcarov Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy Police files on Nikola Vaptsarov 1909 births 1942 deaths People from Bansko Bulgarian male poets Bulgarian communists Modern history of the Blagoevgrad Province Executed Bulgarian people People executed by Bulgaria by firing squad Burials at Central Sofia Cemetery Macedonian Bulgarians Executed writers 20th-century executions by Bulgaria 20th-century Bulgarian poets Bulgarian resistance members