Greek writer (born 1947)
Maro Douka (Greek: Μάρω Δούκα; born 1947) is a Greek novelist. She has lived in Athens since 1966 and she studied History and Archaeology at the University of Athens.[1] She belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s; her debut work, Η Πηγάδα, based on her imprisonment in 1967 by the Military Junta, was published in 1974, just a few months after the Metapolitefsi.
She was awarded the Nikos Kazantzakis Prize of the Municipality of Heraklion for Η αρχαία σκουριά and the Greek State Prize for Literature for Η πλωτή πόλη (declining the latter). Αθώοι και φταίχτες, was awarded the Balkanika Prize for Literature,[2] the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Prize of the Academy of Athens[3] and the Cavafy prize.[4] She has also been awarded the N. Themelis prize for her last novel Έλα να πούμε ψέματα.[5]
She is a founding member of the Hellenic Authors' Society.[6] At the 2014 local elections, she was elected to the City Council of Athens under the "Anoihti Poli" Syriza ticket,[7] led by the candidate Gabriel Sakellaridis.
Works
Novels
- Η αρχαία σκουριά (Fool's Gold), 1979 (translated into English,[8] French,[9] Italian,[10] Serbian and Albanian).
- Η πλωτή πόλη (The Floating City), 1983 (translated into German[11])
- Οι λεύκες ασάλευτες (The Immobile Aspens), 1987
- Εις τον πάτο της εικόνας (At the Bottom of the Picture), 1990 (translated into French[12])
- Ένας σκούφος από πορφύρα (Come Forth, King), 1995 (translated into English[13] and Italian[14])
- Ουράνια μηχανική (Celestial Mechanics), 1999 (translated into Italian[15])
- Αθώοι και φταίχτες (The Innocent and the Guilty), 2004 (translated into Serbian,[16] Turkish[17] and Lithuanian[18])
- Το δίκιο είναι ζόρικο πολύ (Justice is something very hard), 2010
- Έλα να πούμε ψέματα (Come, let us tell lies), 2014
- Πύλη Εισόδου, 2019
- Να είχα, λέει, μια τρομπέτα, 2022
Short fiction
- Η Πηγάδα (The Cauldron), 1974
- Πού ’ναι τα φτερά; (Where are the Wings?), 1975
- Καρέ φιξ (Carré Fixe), 1976
- Γιατί εμένα η ψυχή μου (Because my soul), 2012
Non-fiction
- Ο πεζογράφος και το πιθάρι του (The Writer and his Jar), 1992
- Τα μαύρα λουστρίνια (The Black Leather Shoes), 2005
- Τίποτα δεν χαρίζεται (Nothing is for granted), 2016
Theater
- Σας αρέσει ο Μπραμς; (Do you like Brahms?), 2001[19]
Notes
- ^ Μάρω Δούκα - Έκθεση βιβλίου της Φραγκφούρτης 2001 - Ελλάδα τιμώμενη χώρα
- ^ Συμφωνία, Εαρινή (October 30, 2006). "Εαρινή Συμφωνία: Το βραβείο Μπαλκάνικα στη Μάρω Δούκα". Εαρινή Συμφωνία. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Macedonian Press Agency: News in Greek, 05-12-30". www.hri.org. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ «Καβάφεια» σε Δούκα, Μέσκο Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Στην Μάρω Δούκα το Βραβείο Νίκου Θέμελη
- ^ ΜΑΡΩ ΔΟΥΚΑ|ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΩΝ
- ^ Υποψήφιοι/ες 2014
- ^ Kedros
- ^ Actes Sud Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Argo Editrice
- ^ Amazon.de: Die Schwimmende Stadt: Maro Douka: Bücher
- ^ Littérature Grecque
- ^ Come forth, King
- ^ Collana Aristea - vols. 1-5
- ^ Collana Aristea - vols. 21-25
- ^ Douka wins Balkanika Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today
- ^ Doğan Kitap - Tarihî Roman / Anlatı - Masumlar ve Suçlular
- ^ BALTO leidybos namai Nekaltieji ir kaltininkai – Maro Douka
- ^ ΜΕΤΑΙΧΜΙΟ[permanent dead link]
External links
- Her entry for the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair (Greek)
- A page of her books at Patakis Publishers
- Her page at Ithaca Online
- Her page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)
