Cultural Figure

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Georgi Markov

Cultural Figure20th Century

Markov, a Bulgarian writer and broadcaster whose critical essays on Radio Free Europe and the BBC infuriated the Zhivkov regime, f...

John Lennon

Cultural Figure20th Century

Lennon, the most politically audible of the Beatles and a New Yorker of five years, was returning from a recording session at nigh...

Hrant Dink

Cultural Figure21st Century

Hrant Dink was an Armenian-Turkish journalist and editor-in-chief of the bilingual weekly Agos, who advocated dialogue between Tur...