Menis Koumandareas

Menis Koumandareas Μένης Κουμανταρέας
Born	1931 Athens, Greece
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Greek
Period	1962–

Menis Koumandareas^[1] (Greek: Μένης Κουμανταρέας) (b. 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

1. ^ As transliterated by himself.
2. ^ Εκδόσεις ΚΕΔΡΟΣ - Ηλεκτρονικό βιβλιοπωλείο - Βιβλια για όλους
3. ^ ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη)

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Name	Koumandareas, Menis
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Date of birth	1931
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
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