Бай Ганьо

Author

Aleko Konstantinov

Language

Bulgarian

Year

1895

Country

Bulgaria

Genre

Stories / Tales / Myths (Collection)

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Bay Ganyo is a fictional character created by the Bulgarian author Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897). He is considered an exemplary image of an anti-hero: an uneducated, ignorant, egoistic and poor villager. Sometimes perceived as a stereotype of the uneducated, profit-driven Bulgarian and indeed the average Balkan person, he is often seen merely as a social stereotype, a member of the Principality of Bulgaria's newly formed lower middle-class.