Georgi Markov
Journalist, Author
1929 – 1978
Who was Georgi Markov?
Georgi Ivanov Markov was a Bulgarian dissident writer.
Markov originally worked as a novelist and playwright in his native country, then governed by a communist regime under chairman Todor Zhivkov, until his defection from Bulgaria in 1969. After relocating to the West, he worked as a broadcaster and journalist for the BBC World Service, the US-funded Radio Free Europe, and Germany's Deutsche Welle. Markov used such forums to conduct a campaign of sarcastic criticism against the incumbent Bulgarian regime. As a result of this, it has been speculated that the Bulgarian government may have decided to silence him, and may have asked the KGB for help. He died as a result of an incident on a London street when a micro-engineered pellet containing ricin was fired into his leg via an umbrella wielded by someone associated with the Bulgarian secret police.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1929
Vitosha, Sofia - Nationality
- Bulgaria
- Profession
- Lived in
- Sofia
- Died
- Sep 11, 1978
London
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on July 23, 2013
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