Menis Koumandareas

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Menis Koumandareas
Occupation writer
Nationality Greek
Writing period 1962–

Menis Koumandareas[1] (Greek: Μένης Κουμανταρέας) (b. 1931, Athens, Greece) is an acclaimed Greek writer. He attended classes in the Philosophy and Law schools of the University of Athens, as well as in a drama school, but he did not complete his studies in any of these fields. Instead, he worked for a while as a journalist, and then as a clerk in seafaring and insurance companies.[2]

Since 1961, he is active as a writer and a translator. His texts have been published in many Greek literary periodicals. He has been awarded the State Prize for Short Story (twice, 1967 and 1997) and for Novel (twice, 1975 and 2002). He used to be a member of the Board of Directors for the Greek National Opera from 1982 to 1986.[3]

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[edit] Works

[edit] Prose

  • Τα μηχανάκια (Pin-ball Machines), 1962
  • Το αρμένισμα (The Saint), 1967
  • Τα καημένα (The Burnt Ones), 1972
  • Βιοτεχνία Υαλικών (Glass Factory), 1975
  • Η κυρία Κούλα (Koula), 1978
  • Το κουρείο (The Barber Shop), 1979
  • Σεραφείμ και Χερουβείμ (Seraphim and Cherubim), 1981
  • Ο ωραίος Λοχαγός (The Handsome Lieutenant), 1982
  • Η φανέλα με το εννιά (Vest No 9), 1986
  • Πλανόδιος Σαλπιγκτής (The Wondering Trumpeter), 1989
  • Η συμμορία της Άρπας (The Harps’s Gang), 1993
  • Θυμάμαι τη Μαρία (I remember Maria), 1994
  • Η μυρωδιά τους με κάνει να κλαίω (Their Smell Makes me Cry), 1996
  • Η μέρα για τα γραπτά κι η νύχτα για το σώμα (Days Good for Writing and Nights Suit the Body), 1999
  • Δυο φορές Έλληνας (Twice a Greek), 2001
  • Νώε (Noah), 2003
  • Η γυναίκα που πετά (The Woman that Flies), 2006

[edit] Selected translations

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ As transliterated by himself.
  2. ^ Εκδόσεις ΚΕΔΡΟΣ - Ηλεκτρονικό βιβλιοπωλείο - Βιβλια για όλους
  3. ^ ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη)