(from the book "Heretics", 1996, amended)
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 over the years:
- 1960 - the novel "Happiness never comes by itself" - a dissection of society in the period immediately before and after September 9th; (The negative review of this novel, by a bureaucratic critic, closed for many years to Dimo Kissyov the door of the authoritative publishing house "Bulgarian Writer", where his first three books had already been published).
- 1968 - the story "We played sports too" (second edition 1974), where through the children's characters and on the background of a sports canvas see the social problems of society before September 9th.
- 1969 - the novel "The Extraordinary Excursion" - a kind of dialogue between father and son, embarking on a journey through the country and in time - the distant and resurrected time of Bulgarian history, by Khan Tervel.
- 1971 - The novel "Heavy Fists", dealing with the problem of fathers and children.
- 1972 - the biographical novel "Nikola Petrov - The Strongest Man of the Century", on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the fighter's birth.
Dimo Kissyov spent a long time in the town of Kavarna, which he liked with its ancient history, unique seascape and the people of this town, with whom he was friends for the rest of his life. The result is the books:
- 1977 - the contemporary historical novel The Stolen of Dionysus, with episodes from antiquity.
- 1984/1987 - "History of the town of Kavarna", Collection in 2 volumes, compiled by Assoc. Prof. Tsonko Genov, Assoc. Prof. Vasil Vassilev and Dimo Kissyov.
In the periodical press (mainly Dobrudzha Tribune newspaper and Fakel newspaper) Dimo Kissyov has published many stories with historical and maritime themes.
In the last years of his life D. Kissyov wrote his next books on a personal computer, which allowed him to leave an impressive and diverse work, including: the novels "Heretics", "Let's kill the raccoon dog!", "Admiral Ushakov - the battle of 1791. at the nose of Kaliakra ”; the plays - "The Prince of Carvuna" (historical), "The Castle of Our Dreams", "Prisoners"; the legend "Ghosts in the old bathroom"; the novel The Silver Fountain - contemporary-historical; the fantastic feuilleton story "The Dream of Professor Technicus"; the ancient-modern comedy "Zalmoxis-Borisin"; the novel "The Valley of the Golden Orioles - sketches from a summer" and others. At the insistence of the family, he wrote his memoirs "Capricorn - experiences, reflections, whims".
The famous writer and critic Ivan Bogdanov once said: "Dimo Kissyov has an enviably rich life! Even if he writes only about his experience, he will still not be able to write all his books ... ”