Recep Küpçü

Recep Küpçü (Bulgarian: Реджеб Кюпчю, romanized: Redjeb Kyupchu; 28 September 1934 – 26 April 1976) was a Bulgarian poet and writer of Turkish origin who wrote in both Bulgarian and Turkish. Born in 1934 in the town of Kuklen, he spent most of his life in Burgas, where he met various and influential Bulgarian writers. He met Turkish communist authors such as Aziz Nesin as well.

While he was alive, he published three collections of poems. In some of his poems, he strongly expresses his Turkish identity and thus managed to attract the attention of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He remained unemployed, but nevertheless he did not stop writing. He died in 1974 due to unknown circumstances. To this day, the cause of his death is unclear.