Maro Douka
| Maro Douka | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1947 Chania, Greece |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Period | 1974–present |
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] and Serbian)
- 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] and Turkish[17])
- Το δίκιο είναι ζόρικο πολύ (Justice is something very hard), 2010
- Έλα να πούμε ψέματα (Come, let us tell lies), 2014
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
Theater
- Σας αρέσει ο Μπραμς; (Do you like Brahms?), 2001[18]
Notes
- ↑ Μάρω Δούκα - Έκθεση βιβλίου της Φραγκφούρτης 2001 - Ελλάδα τιμώμενη χώρα
- ↑ Εαρινή Συμφωνία: Το βραβείο Μπαλκάνικα στη Μάρω Δούκα
- ↑ Macedonian Press Agency: News in Greek, 05-12-30
- ↑ «Καβάφεια» σε Δούκα, Μέσκο
- ↑ Στην Μάρω Δούκα το Βραβείο Νίκου Θέμελη
- ↑ ΜΑΡΩ ΔΟΥΚΑ|ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΩΝ
- ↑ Υποψήφιοι/ες 2014
- ↑ Kedros
- ↑ Actes Sud
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Doğan Kitap - Tarihî Roman / Anlatı - Masumlar ve Suçlular
- ↑ ΜΕΤΑΙΧΜΙΟ
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)
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