Georgi Markov

Georgi Markov was a Bulgarian dissident and playwright, best known for his novel 'The Man from the West' and his critical essays on the regime in Bulgaria during the communist era. He became an exile in the United Kingdom after expressing dissent against the Bulgarian government. His life took a tragic turn when he was assassinated in London in 1978, allegedly by agents of the Bulgarian secret police using a pellet containing the lethal poison ricin. Markov's writings and the circumstances of his death have continued to resonate as symbols of the struggle for freedom of expression and the dangers faced by dissidents under oppressive regimes.