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Menis Koumandareas [1] (Greek: Μένης Κουμανταρέας) (born 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 has been 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]
Works
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
Selected translations
Hesse, Herman, Ντέμιαν (Demian), 1961
Mc Cullers, Carson, Η μπαλλάντα του λυπημένου καφενείου (The Ballad of the Sad Cafe), 1969
Faulkner, William, Καθώς ψυχορραγώ (As I Lay Dying), 1970
Carroll, Lewis, Η Αλίκη στη χώρα των θαυμάτων (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), 1972
Büchner, Georg, Λεντς (Lenz), 1977
Melville, Herman, Μπάρτλεμπυ, ο γραφιάς κι άλλες ιστορίες (Bartleby, the Scrivener), 1980
External links
His entry for the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair (Greek)
His page at Kedros Publishers
His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek) and (English)
IMDB listing
An interview (28 November 2007) (Greek)
Notes
^ As transliterated by himself.
^ Εκδόσεις ΚΕΔΡΟΣ - Ηλεκτρονικό βιβλιοπωλείο - Βιβλια για όλους
^ ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη)
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