Bulgarian soldier and Poet Geo Milev poses
Bulgarian soldier and Poet Geo Milev poses for a photo, showing that he lost his right eye during combat in World War I He was murdered by police in 1925 for being a member of the Bulgarian Communist party. He was strangled with a wire and his skull was found in a mass grave 30 years later, with the false eye that he wore after his injuries still in his eye socket. His works are mostly known for going into detail about the brutal suppression of the communist uprising in 1923 in Bulgaria, which failed. His works also talk about his time in combat Geo Milev (born Georgi Milev Kasabov; 15 January [O.S. 27 January] 1895 – 15 May 1925) was a Bulgarian poet, translator and journalist. He is perhaps best known for his epic poem Septemvri, written during the Bulgarian September Uprising. Geo Milev was born Georgi Milev Kasabov in Radne mahale, today Radnevo, the first son in the family of school teachers Milyo[c] and Anastasia Kasabovi. In 1897 the family moved to Stara Zagora, where his ...