Georgi Markov
Georgi Ivanov Markov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Марков; 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
- Markov, Georgi; David Phillips (1978). Right Honourable Chimpanzee. Secker & Warburg. ISBN 978-0-436-48310-3.
- Markov, Georgi (1984). The Truth That Killed. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-296-3.
- Emsley, John (2008). Molecules of Murder. Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 978-0-85404-965-3.
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
Georgi Markov Media
Ricin bullet. For comparison, a pin head is about 2 mm.
A diagram of a possible umbrella gun
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" Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine on investigation of the assassination.
- Georgi Markov "The Umbrella Assassination" mvm.ed.ac.uk Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- "The Poison Umbrella" Yveta Kenety, in: The New Presence 4/2006, S. 46-48