Prof. Dimitar Avramov Ph.D. is one of Bulgaria`s leading art critics and experts in aesthetics and art history. He was born in Burgas in 1929. In 1954 he graduated from the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia with a degree in philosophy. From 1955 to 1960 he worked as editor with the Filosofska Misal (Philosophical Thought) magazine, and from 1968 to 1980 he was deputy editor-in-chief of the Problemi Na Izkustvoto (Art Issues) magazine. Hi worked at the Institute of Art History with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as research associate (1961), senior research associate, grade II (1972), and senior research associate, grade I (1978), and at the Institute of Literature (1989-1991).Dimiter Avramov gives lectures on the history of modern Bulgarian culture to students of cultural history at the Sofia University. He has a number of publications in periodicals since 1954. The comprehensive Modern Art Aesthetics (1969) is among his major works. Another monograph that is considered a significant contribution is Charles Baudelaire (1985). In 1993 Avramov compiled 10 studies written between 1968 and 1992 in a volume entitled Dialogue Between Two Arts. Together with Radoy Ralin, he compiled and edited the volume Trifon Kunev (1993). The anthology Baudelaire: My Heart Is Naked (2005) was the fruit of decades of reflection.