Maro Douka
{{Short description|Greek writer (born 1947)}}
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Maro Douka ({{langx|el|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.[http://www.greece2001.gr/writers/MaroDouka.html Μάρω Δούκα - Έκθεση βιβλίου της Φραγκφούρτης 2001 - Ελλάδα τιμώμενη χώρα] 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,{{Cite web |last=Συμφωνία |first=Εαρινή |date=October 30, 2006 |title=Εαρινή Συμφωνία: Το βραβείο Μπαλκάνικα στη Μάρω Δούκα |url=http://many-books.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-post_30.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Εαρινή Συμφωνία}} the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Prize of the Academy of Athens{{Cite web |title=Macedonian Press Agency: News in Greek, 05-12-30 |url=http://www.hri.org/cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/mpegrb/2005/05-12-30.mpegrb.html#07 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.hri.org}} and the Cavafy prize.[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=113,dt=15.12.2005,id=57698296 «Καβάφεια» σε Δούκα, Μέσκο] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929020249/http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c%3D113%2Cdt%3D15.12.2005%2Cid%3D57698296 |date=2008-09-29 }} She has also been awarded the N. Themelis prize for her last novel Έλα να πούμε ψέματα.[http://www.oanagnostis.gr/sti-maro-douka-to-vravio-nikou-themeli/ Στην Μάρω Δούκα το Βραβείο Νίκου Θέμελη]
She is a founding member of the Hellenic Authors' Society.[http://www.authors.gr/members/view/author_83/ ΜΑΡΩ ΔΟΥΚΑ|ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΩΝ] At the 2014 local elections, she was elected to the City Council of Athens under the "Anoihti Poli" Syriza ticket,[http://anoihtipoli.gr/biografika-ypoxifion/ypopsifioi-es/ Υποψήφιοι/ες 2014] led by the candidate Gabriel Sakellaridis.
Works
=Novels=
- Η αρχαία σκουριά (Fool's Gold), 1979 (translated into English,[http://www.kedros.gr/product_info.php?cPath=582&products_id=1004 Kedros] French,[http://www.actes-sud.fr/ficheisbn.php?isbn=9782868699978 Actes Sud] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517083835/http://www.actes-sud.fr/ficheisbn.php?isbn=9782868699978 |date=2008-05-17 }} Italian,[http://www.argoeditrice.it/scheda1.asp?ProductID=402 Argo Editrice] Serbian and Albanian).
- Η πλωτή πόλη (The Floating City), 1983 (translated into German[https://www.amazon.de/Die-Schwimmende-Stadt-Maro-Douka/dp/3458161368 Amazon.de: Die Schwimmende Stadt: Maro Douka: Bücher])
- Οι λεύκες ασάλευτες (The Immobile Aspens), 1987
- Εις τον πάτο της εικόνας (At the Bottom of the Picture), 1990 (translated into French[http://www.hiphaistia.com/culture/culture/culture_litterature.php Littérature Grecque])
- Ένας σκούφος από πορφύρα (Come Forth, King), 1995 (translated into English[http://www.kedros.gr/product_info.php?products_id=1005 Come forth, King] and Italian[http://www.crocettieditore.com/aristea_vol_1-5.htm#1 Collana Aristea - vols. 1-5])
- Ουράνια μηχανική (Celestial Mechanics), 1999 (translated into Italian[http://www.crocettieditore.com/aristea_vol_21-25.htm#22 Collana Aristea - vols. 21-25])
- Αθώοι και φταίχτες (The Innocent and the Guilty), 2004 (translated into Serbian,[http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2006-November/007390.html Douka wins Balkanika] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716095738/http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2006-November/007390.html |date=2012-07-16 }} Turkish[http://www.dogankitap.com/kitap.asp?id=882 Doğan Kitap - Tarihî Roman / Anlatı - Masumlar ve Suçlular] and Lithuanian[https://balto.lt/nekaltieji-ir-kaltininkai-maro-douka/ BALTO leidybos namai Nekaltieji ir kaltininkai – Maro Douka])
- 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[http://www.metaixmio.gr/1/index.scr?include_file=book_info.scr&main=456&category=&option=&book= ΜΕΤΑΙΧΜΙΟ]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.greece2001.gr/writers/MaroDouka.html Her entry for the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair (Greek)]
- [http://www.patakis.gr/SearchTableLookupVirtual.aspx?TableId=1&val=411271 A page of her books at Patakis Publishers]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080717080424/http://www.ithacaonline.gr/042005/cv01.htm Her page at Ithaca Online]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090821094713/http://www.dedalus.gr/gr/author.asp?id=83 Her page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)]
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