Boris Milev
journalist, resistant, actor, diplomat
Boris Milev (June 29, 1903 in Sofia – April 28, 1983 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian communist who worked in theater, cinema and journalism. He is known for his role in the French Resistance as the political director of the FTP-MOI partisans, located in the Paris region, during World War II.
Early life
Milev was born in Sofia to a poor family with five children. He was raised by his mother and grandmother. In his youth, he became politically active in left-wing politics. He received first place in the national theater competition in 1922, he then began a theatrical career. he was arrested, then released, before he became a teacher in the village of Kapatovo in Petrich in the south of Bulgaria. In 1925, he joined the Bulgarian Communist Party, to escape reprisals, then emigrated to Paris in the same year. He worked there as a sandal braider, then became Charles Dullin’s assistant at the Atelier theatre. Caught up in the consequences of a strike, he was deported to Belgium in 1928. As an activist in the Communist Party of Belgium, he spent time in Saint-Gilles prison.
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