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“I paid for everything good in this life. True, slower, and it is more painful, than my great friend Nevena Kokanova. Very soon it will be 20 years since her death, and I’m still thinking about one of our last meetings – she was right after Easter. Nevena gave me eggs that she painted herself. They haven’t moved for 20 years. . In this life one pays for everything. I got so much from life – from the profession, from the people. And now the time has come when I have to pay with my life. Her words keep echoing in me. ”
This is shared by the great actress Emilia Radeva, who will turn 90 on May 23.
The Ice Queen or “aristocrat of the Bulgarian theater”, as she is called, will probably not celebrate this event with great celebration, because she is not in her best shape. “My mother is feeling well, but the years have not allowed her to hold noisy celebrations. I am here with her, I came from France for her holiday. We will be only the closest,” said Radeva’s daughter Katerina. Emilia’s grandson Leander-Lubo, named after her late husband, will also come for her grandmother’s holiday.
I have always believed in warnings, I also believe that a person is given “from above” to deal with challenges. hard time, “says the actress.
If she has to be honest, there are a lot of wounds and insults behind her magnificent smile. Emilia does not fail to mention the difficult challenge she has experienced, but she has taught her a great lesson – never to lose her job.
“After the death of my husband Lyubomir Dimitrov, I was caught in this state of complete denial of life, I do not wish it on anyone – no food, no contacts, no hygiene and no body. Then I met Madeleine Algafari, who helped me a lot. he told me: “Emilia, it’s all up to you – your intelligent and talented wife. It is important that your hands and mind are busy. “So I started writing – some heartbreaking poems, I published a book. And my daughter as a student at VITIZ wrote poems. We collected them together with mine. I suggest:” Hello, loneliness! ” and she said, “Isn’t it better to say, ‘Goodbye, loneliness!’ But I think loneliness is twofold, you can’t overcome it, you have to use it to grow up, “the actress recalled.
There are no shortage of distinctions in Radeva’s life – she was titled both “deserving” and “People’s Artist”. There is also the Order “Stara Planina” I degree for its contribution to the development of Bulgarian art and culture. However, the honorary Askeer, which she received in 2013, is her first recognition from colleagues. She received it on the stage on which she stepped for 33 years – that of the Military Theater. It is no secret that months before receiving the award, Emilia Radeva hid an insult to her former troupe. Years ago, when the last production of “Iron Lantern” by director Asen Shopov came out, the actress offered the management to participate in one or two performances in the role of the Sultan. Dimitar Talev’s heroine is among the crowning incarnations in her career and Emilia Radeva wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday with her. She was denied. As of today, the actress has already forgiven.
For her 90 years, Emilia Radeva is already far from being the Queen of the Ice Queen. True, her posture still suggests aristocracy, but the distance of the unattainable diva has disappeared. The great actress’s smile spills softness, and her look, magnified by the magnifying glasses, reads calm.
“I was raised in the Christian faith, perhaps because we are orphans, two sisters and a brother, and my father introduced us to the faith to seek some consolation. It has remained in me and I keep praying – I have my prayer In the evening I pray that they will forgive me for my mistakes and thank you for waking up alive and I pray that I have a good day and that my relatives and friends are well. see what disasters are happening. It somehow gives me strength and reassurance to continue my life. I’m glad that all the people I’ve met in my life – starting with parents, teachers at VITIZ, playwrights, directors, colleagues, have been And this is something great and irreplaceable, it is part of both you and the magic of the theater, “says the magnificent actress Emilia Radeva, a favorite of several generations of Bulgarians.
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