Petya Dubarova - forever 17 year old

Born in Bourgas, Bulgaria on April 25th, 1962, she left this world on December 4th, 1979. Only seventeen...
"Born in a happy family", wrote Petya to a friend. She loved her mother, she called her a Fairy, and dedicated her poems.
"As the nightingales are singing in the wood,
my mother's voice is singing.
As the live grass is waving,
in my mother hopes are in blossom."
She respected her mother very much, because after a difficult childhood as an orphan Maria Dubarova managed to get a good education, to become a teacher in literature at a secondary school. Petya loved also her father Stoyko Dubarov, who has graduated in a technical school, a master worker in a Bourgass' factory. A part of her poetry is dedicated to him.
"Under his brisk eyebrows
eyes are smiling
more clear than the sunrise
and warmer than sun rays"
Her mother and her father brought up her with love, they discovered at first her talent, burst forth in ringing rhymes. Then they became gathering the sheets of paper, the napkins, the booklets on which wrote Petya and threw out. Thus they saved up most of her poems and tales. She grew up inspired of their encouragements and model of hard-working, honest and conscientious people.
As a little girl Petya Dubarova was interested in everything. She hurried up to learn and test everything. Sometimes this curiosity brought her bitterness. Petya dedicated poems and tales to birds and animals, which she loved very much.
Two years and a half old Petya learned the picture alphabet. When she was three she spelt the newspapers' headlines. Two years later she took up books from the library club. Since her short life, Petya read many books and went over her beloved ones.
School was a holiday for her. She was an excellent student at the English Language School, having a command of some languages. She wrote fine works about her school life. Lessons was art for her. Everything, learned at school she transformed in thoughts and emotions of her own - homeworks, tales and rhymes. Sensitive, cordial, poetic in her relationship with everyone, she praised friendship the most. She was honest, frank and brave. She always sought mutual trust. Everybody loved and respected her because of her talent, honesty and humanity. Many of her poems got published and praised by her teachers and notorious poets. Nevertheless she stayed modest, helped her classmates in literature and stood upon their rights. Thus they liked her more, wanted to read her works, sought her friendship and love. Not many of them envied her, but she hated the most envy, malice and pettiness.
Petya Dubarova was strong, proud, modest and humane person. She was always fulfilled with vigour, high spirits and laughter. She sang and played the guitar very well. The young poetess loved music, good movies, dancing and had a lust for life. Though her heart bled to every injustice. So she committed a suicide because of unfair punishment at school. She left this world, only 17 in 1979.