Georgi Markov

Georgi Ivanov Markov (; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He was born in Sofia and was murdered in London. He was stabbed in the leg with an umbrella which injected ricin, a deadly poison. It is believed that Bulgarian security persuaded the KGB to do the job.

Career
Publications
 «Задочни репортажи за България» — 1978
 «Когато часовниците са спрели. Нови задочни репортажи за България» — 1991

Books
 «Победителите на Аякс» — 1959
 «Цезиева нощ» — 1957
 «Мъже» — 1962
 «Покривът» — 2007

Theatre
 «Последният патент» — 1965
 «Кафе с претенция» — 1966
 «Да се провреш под дъгата»
 «Комунисти»
 «Аз бях той»
 «Асансьорът» — 1967
 «Атентат в затворената улица» — 1968
 «Архангел Михаил» — 1990, 1997

Novels
 «Анкета» — 1961 
 «Между нощта и деня» — 1961 
 «Портретът на моя двойник» — 1966, 1996 
 «Жените на Варшава» — 1968 

Books




Other websites
 Markov's umbrella assassin revealed. After 26 years, police hope to bring killer to justice by Nick Paton Walsh. June 6, 2005. (The Guardian)
 WNET (PBS) "Secrets of the Dead"  on investigation of the assassination.
 Georgi Markov "The Umbrella Assassination"  mvm.ed.ac.uk 
"The Poison Umbrella" Yveta Kenety, in: The New Presence 4/2006, S. 46-48

Category:1929 births
Category:1978 deaths
Category:Writers from Sofia
Category:People murdered in London
Category:Unsolved murders in the United Kingdom