Rodis Kanakaris-Roufos

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Rodis Kanakaris-Roufos Ρόδης Κανακάρης-Ρούφος
Born	1924 Patras, Greece
Died	1972 Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
Occupation	writer

Rodis Kanakaris-Roufos (Greek: Ρόδης Κανακάρης-Ρούφος, 1924-1972) was a Greek diplomat and writer.

[edit] Biography

He was the son of Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos and a member of the Rouphos family that descended from Sicily and the rest of southern Italy and were politicians from Patras and Achaea. He studied law at the University of Athens in 1949 and also became a foreign minister. He made diplomatic representations in Vienna in Nicosia and in Paris. He took part in the Greek resistance but in 1967 with the arrival of the Regime of the Colonels that took power until 1974, Rodis Kanakaris lost his place.

He had been awarded the Twelve Awards in which along with the National Novel Awards. After his novel Poreia sto skotadi (Πορεία στο σκοτάδι), he was awarded the Kostas Ouranis Award.

He died in Kolonaki in Athens in 1972 and had two sons, including Loukas (1949- ) who became a lawyer, and Athanassios (1952- ) who is a musician.

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During his lifetime, he wrote several works with his pseudonym Ridos Provelengios or Proveleggios (Ρόδης Προβελέγγιος). Some of his works include:

Year	Title	Greek title	English title	Volumes
1954-1958	Ta chroniuka mias stavroforias	Τα χρονικά μιας σταυροφορίας	The Chronicles Of A Crusade	three volumes
1954	Poreia sto skotadi	Πορεία στο σκοτάδι	A Route To Darkness	-
1959	Chalkini epochi	Χάλκινη εποχή	Bronze Age	-
1957	I imera tis krisis	Η ημέρα της κρίσης	The Day Of The Crisis	-
1967	I Griakyloi	Οι Γραικύλοι	-	-
1970	I metamorfoseis tou Alarichou	Οι μεταμορφώσεις του Αλάριχου	Alaric's Metamorphosis	-
1974	Epoligi 1	Επιλογή 1	Epilogue 1	-

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• The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)