ani ▁Pop ova – M ut af ova ▁( 1 9 0 2 - 1 9 7 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Bulgar ian ▁author ▁who ▁is ▁considered ▁by ▁many ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁best - s elling ▁Bulgar ian ▁historical ▁fiction ▁author ▁ever . ▁Her ▁books ▁sold ▁in ▁record ▁numbers ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁However , ▁she ▁was ▁eventually ▁sent enced ▁to ▁seven ▁years ▁of ▁imprison ment ▁by ▁the ▁Bulgar ian ▁commun ist ▁regime ▁because ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁her ▁writ ings ▁celebr ating ▁Hitler , ▁and ▁though ▁released ▁after ▁only ▁eleven ▁months ▁for ▁health ▁reasons , ▁was ▁forb idden ▁to ▁publish ▁anything ▁between ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁Sto yan ▁Zag or chin ov ▁( 1 8 8 9 – 1 9 6 9 ) ▁also ▁a ▁Bulgar ian ▁writer , ▁author ▁of ▁" Last ▁Day , ▁God ' s ▁Day " ▁tr il ogy ▁and ▁" I v ay lo ", ▁continu ing ▁the ▁tradition ▁in ▁the ▁Bulgar ian ▁historical ▁novel , ▁led ▁by ▁Ivan ▁V az ov . ▁Y ana ▁Y az ova ▁( 1 9 1 2 – 1 9 7 4 ) ▁also ▁has ▁several ▁nov els ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁considered ▁historical ▁as ▁" Alex ander ▁of ▁Mac ed on ", ▁her ▁only ▁novel ▁on ▁non - B ul gar ian ▁them atic , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁her ▁tr il ogy ▁" B alk ani ". ▁V era