WRITER

Georgi Markov

1929 - 1978

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Georgi Ivanov Markov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Марков [ɡɛˈɔrɡi ˈmarkov]; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, until his defection in 1969. After relocating to London, he worked as a broadcaster and journalist for the BBC World Service, the US-funded Radio Free Europe and West Germany's Deutsche Welle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgi Markov has received more than 1,360,638 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Georgi Markov is the 1,347th most popular writer (down from 1,245th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

Georgi Markov was a Bulgarian dissident who was assassinated by the KGB in 1978. He was famous for being the target of a weapon called a "poison umbrella" which was used to inject him with ricin.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Úvahy o československém jaru 1968
1991
Portretŭt na moi͡a︡ dvoĭnik
2001
The truth that killed
1983
Literaturni eseta
1982
Sledvoenna Bŭlgarii︠a︡ mezhdu iztoka i zapada
2005
Piesite
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georgi Markov ranks 1,347 out of 7,302. Before him are Maria Shriver, Kurt Tucholsky, Henri Murger, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Adalberon, and Edith Södergran. After him are Abu Tammam, Ignazio Silone, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Mukhtar Auezov, Nikolaus Lenau, and Xavier de Maistre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Georgi Markov ranks 106. Before him are Paul Lauterbur, Věra Chytilová, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, José Santamaría, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Bob Denard. After him are Vera Miles, André Previn, Antonio Carbajal, Menahem Golan, Carlos Lacoste, and Bob Newhart. Among people deceased in 1978, Georgi Markov ranks 48. Before him are W. Eugene Smith, Guo Moruo, Hannah Höch, Ida Noddack, Keith Moon, and Harvey Milk. After him are Ignazio Silone, Wadie Haddad, Henry Corbin, Sisavang Vatthana, Burt Munro, and Tetsu Katayama.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Georgi Markov ranks 48 out of 415. Before him are Irina Bokova (1952), Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), Nikola Zhekov (1865), Ratko Janev (1939), Petar Mladenov (1936), and Chernorizets Hrabar (890). After him are Sineperver Sultan (1761), Kiril, Prince of Preslav (1895), Vasile Lupu (1595), Ivan Vazov (1850), Vasil Kolarov (1877), and Jules Pascin (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Georgi Markov ranks 6. Before him are Aesop (-620), Elias Canetti (1905), Saint Naum (830), Hristo Botev (1848), and Chernorizets Hrabar (890). After him are Ivan Vazov (1850), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Constantine of Preslav (900), Sabahattin Ali (1907), Angel Wagenstein (1922), and Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821).

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