Petros Markaris

Writing

Born 1937-01-01 Istanbul, Turkey 16 credits Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 Prix du Polar Européen 1 Goethe Medal 1

Awards

Won 1 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Award

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 won

2014 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Won

Prix du Polar Européen 1 won

2013 Prix du Polar Européen Won

Goethe Medal 1 won

2013 Goethe Medal Won

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Novelist, playwright, screenwriter and translator, Petros Markaris was born in Istanbul, studied economics and since 1976 has been working as a freelance writer. His detective novels ("Night Bulletin", "Defense Zone", "Che Killed himself", "Major Shareholder", "Old, very old", "Overdue Loans") are published in fourteen languages and his hero, the policeman Haritos , is one of the most popular detective heroes in Europe. He collaborated with Theodoros Angelopoulos in many of his film scripts. He has also translated into Greek the works of Brecht, Wedekind, Schnitzler. His latest translation is the two parts of Goethe's Faust. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Writing 12 credits