Petros Markaris
Age: N/A | From: Istanbul, Turkey
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Istanbul, Turkey
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Movie Involvements: 11
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Eternity and a Day
(1998) Screenplay
Ulysses' Gaze
(1995) Screenplay
The Weeping Meadow
(2004) Writer
The Suspended Step of the Stork
(1991) Writer
The Dust of Time
(2008) Writer
Days of '36
(1972) Writer
Alexander the Great
(1980) Writer
Watch Out! Red Light
(2003) WriterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2003 | self | |
| 1998 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
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| 2008 | Writer | |
| 2004 | Writer | |
| 2003 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 1998 | Screenplay | |
| 1995 | Screenplay | |
| 1991 | Writer | |
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| 1972 | Writer | |
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