site.btaSofia Satire Theatre Marks Birth Centenary of Bulgarian Dissident Writer Radoy Ralin 

The Aleko Konstantinov Satire Theatre will mark the 100th birth anniversary of Bulgarian writer, poet and dissident Radoy Ralin (born Dimitar Stoyanov on April 23, 1922) with the "A Beautiful Mistake" play. The performance will be held on April 27 instead of April 23, due to the Easter holiday, said the Theatre's playwright Bogdana Kosturkova. 

Radoy Ralin is an alias used by Dimitar Stefanov Stoyanov (1922-2004) - a famous Bulgarian writer, poet, satirist and dissident. He has used many aliases throughout the years, including Ralikor, Mladen Volen, Rali G. Dalilin, Rali K., Dimitar Ralin, Ralko Radoya. He was an editor of numerous publications and actively contributed to all genres of satire. He has been recognized on many occasions and presented various awards, some of which he later chose to return, such as the Dobri Chintoulov prize in 1993, which Radoy Ralin believed to be compromised in the past.

After the fall of the communist regime in Bulgaria, he was urged to run for Parliament but adamantly refused to get involved. His works have been translated into 37 languages.