DIMO KISOV /1918 - 1993/
Dimo Tsochev Kissyov was born in 1918 in Sofia, in a family with a Revival spirit and patriarchal traditions. Graduated from HRM Tsar Boris III School - 59th class.
In August 1944 he was seconded to Germany with a group of officers. September 9th finds him there and he is sent to a POW camp due to his (and most of the other Bulgarian officers' refusal) to cooperate with the Germans or to participate in the established foreign government of Alexander Tsankov. He remains in the camp until the fall of Berlin in May 1945.
He describes the inhumane conditions of existence and his experiences in the POW camp in Germany in his first short story "The Prisoner of Dam-1", published by "Bulgarian Writer" in 1958 and republished in 1966. Due to the patriotism that radiated from the book, it has been a literary read in the army for many years.
In 1959 the short story "The Low Tide" ("Bulgarian Writer") was published as a sequel to "The Prisoner of Dam-1". The echoes of the war and the return to civil life are described through the experiences of a group of Bulgarian prisoners on their way back to the Motherland.
In the difficult struggle for his and his family's survival under communism, as a "tsarist officer", Dimo Kissyov found the strength for spiritual expression, the result of which was the publication (by the end of the 80's) of more than ten books with a total circulation of over 200,000 copies.
Dimo Kissyov was non-partisan and has never wanted to become a member of the then Communist Union of Bulgarian Writers. This helped him maintain his personal and creative independence.
At the insistence of the family, Dimo Kissyov wrote his memoirs, which have not been published so far. This edition of "An Officer of His Majesty" can be considered as the first part of "Memories…", regardless of the fact that it is an independent work of art.
In the last years of his life Dimo Kissyov wrote his future books on a personal computer, which allowed him to leave a legacy wich is both impressive and diverse, but as of yet - unpublished…
/from "An Officer of His Majesty", Sofia, 2001/