Petros Markaris
Writing·January 1, 1937 — 89 years old·Istanbul, Turkey
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.
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Known For
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2016Istanbul StoryStory Supervisor2013Patision blues, el mirall de la crisi gregaSelf2008The Dust of TimeWriter2007Murder at AgoraSelf (uncredited)2004The Weeping MeadowWriter2003Watch Out! Red LightWriter2003Waiting for the CloudsWriter1998Eternity and a DayScreenplay1998Nykterino deltioTVCreator1995Ulysses' GazeCo-Writer1992Ανατομία ενός εγκλήματοςTVCreator1991The Suspended Step of the StorkWriter1990Lovers Beyond TimeWriter1982The Bleeding StatuesWriter1980Alexander the GreatWriter1972Days of '36Murdered Trade Unionist · Writer