
Person
Petros Markaris
Writing · Born 1937-01-01 · Istanbul, Turkey
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)
Known for

Istanbul Story
Story Supervisor

Eternity and a Day
1998
Ανατομία ενός εγκλήματος
Creator

Ulysses' Gaze
Co-Writer

Nykterino deltio
Creator

Alexander the Great
Writer

The Weeping Meadow
Writer

The Dust of Time
Writer

The Suspended Step of the Stork
Writer

Lovers Beyond Time
Writer
Filmography
- 2016Istanbul StoryStory Supervisor
- 2013Patision blues, el mirall de la crisi gregaSelf
- 2008The Dust of TimeWriter
- 2007Murder at AgoraSelf (uncredited)
- 2004The Weeping MeadowWriter
- 2003Watch Out! Red LightWriter
- 2003Waiting for the CloudsWriter
- 1998Eternity and a Day
- 1998Nykterino deltioCreator
- 1995Ulysses' GazeCo-Writer
- 1992Ανατομία ενός εγκλήματοςCreator
- 1991The Suspended Step of the StorkWriter
- 1990Lovers Beyond TimeWriter
- 1982The Bleeding StatuesWriter
- 1980Alexander the GreatWriter
- 1972Days of '36Murdered Trade Unionist
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