Voula Damianakou

Voula Damianakou (1914–2016)[1] was a Greek author, translator and a member of the Greek resistance against Nazi Germany.[2]

Biography

Voula Damianakou was born in Panitsa, Laconia in 1914. She was a supporter of women's political rights[3] and collaborated with Vassilis Rotas in the translations of Shakespeare plays[4] and with whom she published the magazine Laikos Logos between 1965 and 1967.[5] In January 1999, she received Abdullah Öcalan in her house upon the request of the retired Greek Admiral Antoni Naxakis.[2] The visit of Öcalan inspired her to write a book.[6] She died on the 19 September 2016 in Athens[1] and was buried in Myrsini.[7]

Personal life

She was married to Vassili Rotas the Minister of Culture of the Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA), the political movement against the Axis powers during World War II.[3] Her daughter is the painter Eleni Vassilopoulou.[1]

Works

She published several books and was involved heavily in the translation of William Shakespeare plays.[1] She became known for portraying the classic comic playwright Aristophanes as a sympathizer of leftwing politics dubbing him Aristerophanes in her play Avgi.[8]

References
  1. "Βούλα Δαμιανάκου (1914-2016)". Deyteros.com (in Greek). 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  2. "Global plot that lured Kurds' hero into trap". the Guardian. 1999-02-21. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. Hart, Janet (1990). "Women in the Greek Resistance: National Crisis and Political Transformation". International Labor and Working-Class History (38): 53. ISSN 0147-5479. JSTOR 27671890.
  4. Holland, Peter (2005). Shakespeare Survey: An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-521-85074-2.
  5. Calotychos, Vangelis (2012-04-19). Manolis Anagnostakis: Poetry and Politics, Silence and Agency in Post-War Greece. Lexington Books. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-61147-466-4.
  6. Ο ΟΤΣΑΛΑΝ ΣΤΟ ΣΠΙΤΙ ΜΟΥ (in Greek).
  7. "Πέθανε η Βούλα Δαμιανάκου". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  8. "Clowns, Fools and Picaros": "Popular Forms in Theatre, Fiction and Film". BRILL. 2007-01-01. p. 190. ISBN 978-94-012-0539-9.
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