1995Winner
Best Writing
Ulysses' Gaze
Petros Markaris
Actor · Writer
Istanbul, Turkey
January 1, 1937
Biography
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. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2016Nominee
Best Writing
Istanbul Story
1998Winner
Best Performance
Eternity and a Day
Career Highlights
2008Highlight
Best Writing
The Dust of Time
1991Highlight
Best Writing
The Suspended Step of the Stork
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Ulysses' Gaze
Eternity and a Day
The Dust of Time