Nikolai Rainov (Bulgarian: Николай Райнов) (1889–1954) was a Bulgarian writer, poet, artist and scholar. He was one of the most remarkable East European modernists. Nikolai Rainov was born on January 1, 1889, in Kesarevo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria. In 1908 Rainov graduated from Sofia Theological Seminary. He was offered a scholarship from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to continue his studies in Theology in Russia or to study Philosophy in Germany. However, the offer was under the condition Rainov get ordained, which he refused. In 1911 he enrolled into Sofia University to study Philoso