Voula Damianakou

Greek prosaist, translator and poet

Voula Damianakou (1914–2016)[1] was a Greek author, translator and a member of the Greek resistance against Nazi Germany.[2]

## Biography

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Voula Damianakou was born in Panitsa, Laconia in 1914. She was a supporter of women's political rights[3] and collaborated with Vassilis Rotas in the translations of Shakespeare plays[4] and with whom she published the magazine Laikos Logos between 1965 and 1967.[5] In January 1999, she received Abdullah Öcalan in her house upon the request of the retired Greek Admiral Antoni Naxakis.[2] The visit of Öcalan inspired her to write a book.[6] She died on the 19 September 2016 in Athens[1] and was buried in Myrsini.[7]

## Personal life

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She was married to Vassili Rotas the Minister of Culture of the Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA), the political movement against the Axis powers during World War II.[3] Her daughter is the painter Eleni Vassilopoulou.[1]

## Works

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She published several books and was involved heavily in the translation of William Shakespeare plays.[1] She became known for portraying the classic comic playwright Aristophanes as a sympathizer of leftwing politics dubbing him Aristerophanes in her play Avgi.[8]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Βούλα Δαμιανάκου (1914-2016)". Deyteros.com (in Greek). 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
2. ^ a b "Global plot that lured Kurds' hero into trap". the Guardian. 1999-02-21. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
3. ^ a b Hart, Janet (1990). "Women in the Greek Resistance: National Crisis and Political Transformation". International Labor and Working-Class History (38): 53. ISSN 0147-5479. JSTOR 27671890.
4. ^ Holland, Peter (2005). Shakespeare Survey: An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production. Cambridge University Press. p. 209\. ISBN 978-0-521-85074-2.
5. ^ Calotychos, Vangelis (2012-04-19). Manolis Anagnostakis: Poetry and Politics, Silence and Agency in Post-War Greece. Lexington Books. p. 26\. ISBN 978-1-61147-466-4.
6. ^ Ο ΟΤΣΑΛΑΝ ΣΤΟ ΣΠΙΤΙ ΜΟΥ (in Greek).
7. ^ "Πέθανε η Βούλα Δαμιανάκου". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-02-15.
8. ^ "Clowns, Fools and Picaros": "Popular Forms in Theatre, Fiction and Film". BRILL. 2007-01-01. p. 190\. ISBN 978-94-012-0539-9.

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