Niki Marangou
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| birth_place = Limassol, Cyprus
| death_date =7 February 2013 (aged 65)
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Niki Marangou (1948 – 7 February 2013) was a Greek Cypriot author, poet, and painter.
Early life and education
Marangou was born in Limassol, Cyprus, in 1948.{{cite news|title=Award winning author and artist Niki Marangou dies|url=http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/award-winning-author-and-artist-niki-marangou-dies/20130208|accessdate=8 February 2013|newspaper=Cyprus Mail|date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210044922/http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/award-winning-author-and-artist-niki-marangou-dies/20130208|archive-date=10 February 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Marangou, Niki|url=http://cypruspen.org/niki-marangou/|publisher=Cyprus Pen|accessdate=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829024410/http://cypruspen.org/niki-marangou/|archive-date=29 August 2013|url-status=dead}} She studied sociology in West Berlin, Germany, from 1965 to 1970.
Career
After graduation, Marangou worked as a dramaturge at the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. She also ran a bookshop in Nicosia. She was the author of books of prose, poetry and children's fairy tales. She was also a painter and had seven solo exhibitions. Her first solo exhibition was in 1975.{{cite journal|title=Niki Marangou: Bio|journal=In Focus|date=September 2012|volume=9|issue=3|url=http://cyprusinfocus.org/gallery/niki-marangou/|accessdate=13 July 2013}} She was a member of the Hellenic Authors Society and the Cyprus Writers Association.
=Awards=
Marangou received different awards. In 1998, she was awarded the Cavafy prize for poetry in Alexandria. In 2006, she was awarded the poetry prize of the Athens Academy for her book Divan.{{cite web|title=Niki Marangou from Cyprus|url=http://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/lp/prj/wag/lit/aut/en6447179.htm|work=Goethe Institut|accessdate=24 February 2014}} In 2007 her novel The Demon of Lust was described as one of the ten best Greek short story books by literature magazine Diavaso Rewards.{{cite web|title=Remembering Niki Marangou at Europa literarisch by EUNIC Berlin, 4 June|url=http://www.eunic-online.eu/node/1162|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713065718/http://www.eunic-online.eu/node/1162|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2013|publisher=European Union National Institute for Culture|accessdate=13 July 2013|date=17 May 2013}} She was given the Konstantin-Kavafis Prize for Poetry in 2008.
Death
Marangou died in Fayoum, Egypt, on 7 February 2013 in a car crash while travelling.{{cite news|title=Nikki Marangou, writer and painter killed in fatal car accident in Egypt on excursion to Fayoum|url=http://www.cybc.com.cy/en/index.php/international-news/item/2352-1|accessdate=8 February 2013|newspaper=CYBC|date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018190628/http://www.cybc.com.cy/en/index.php/international-news/item/2352-1|archive-date=18 October 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Niki Marangou dies|url=http://www.incyprus.com.cy/en-gb/Blogs/4324/32860/niki-marangou-dies|accessdate=8 February 2013|newspaper=In Cyprus|date=8 February 2013}} She was 65.{{cite web|title=Coming home|url=http://www.isg-tour.ru/en/news/view/2407.html|publisher=ISG|accessdate=8 February 2013}}
Book
Niki Marangou: Von Famagusta nach Wien. Die Geschichte eines Arztes aus Zypern, übers. a. d. Griechischen v. Martin Scharnhorst, 120 S., {{ISBN|978-3-902585-08-0}}, Klagenfurt, Kitab, 2008
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Category:Cypriot contemporary artists
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