Dido Sotiriou ( Greek Διδώ Σωτηρίου , February 18, 1909, Aydin - September 23, 2004, Athens ) is a Greek writer of the 20th century, whose work is mainly devoted to the events of the Asia Minor catastrophe .
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Main works
- 3 Dido Sotiriou Prize
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Biography
Dido Sotiriu was born in Aydin , in western Turkey, into a Greek family. In 1919, the family moved to Izmir . However, after the Asia Minor catastrophe, the family was forced to flee to Piraeus , and then settled in Athens, where Dido spent the rest of her life.
Dido received her education at the University of Sorbonne . In 1936 she began working as a journalist, in 1944 she became editor-in-chief of the Greek newspaper . Ριζοσπάστης [2] . During a trip to Paris , Dido met many writers and made friends with Louis Aragon . Returning to Greece, she began to write about the events that she herself experienced after the end of the Greek-Turkish war of 1919-1922 and the forced population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
In 1959 , her first novel was published, and in 1962 , the novel Ματωμένα χώματα ( Bloodied Lands ) was published, which became her biggest success and was published worldwide with a total circulation of 250 thousand copies. After the Civil War, Dido Sotiriou continued to work as chief editor of a women's magazine, while writing foreign policy reviews for many Greek publications.
Over the years of active creative Dido received several national awards in the field of literature and journalism, and in 2001 the Union of Greek Writers established an award in honor of Dido Sotiriou. It is awarded to both domestic and foreign authors who write about cultural ties between peoples based on cultural diversity.
The writer died at the age of 95 from pneumonia. In his message, the Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Karamanlis, noted: [3]
| Dido Sotiriou, one of the most significant writers of our era, wrote about how she lived, with modesty, with enormous public consciousness. In her unique style, she always with humanism touched the most complex pages of modern Greek history ... |
Major works
- The Dead Are Waiting (Οι νεκροί περιμένουν (1959)
- Electra (Ηλέκτρα (1961)
- Bloodied Lands (Ματωμένα χώματα (1962)
- The Asia Minor Catastrophe and Strategy for Imperialism in the Eastern Mediterranean (Η Μικρασιάτικη Καταστροφή και η στρατηγική του ιμπεριαλισμού στην Ανατολική ήεσγ
- Mandate (Εντολή (1976)
- In the flame (Μέσα στις φλόγες (1978)
- Visitors (Επισκέπτες (1979)
- We are being demolished (Κατεδαφιζόμεθα (1982)
- Theater (Θέατρο (1995)
Dido Sotiriou Prize
Each year, the Union of Greek Writers awards the “Dido Sotiriou Prize” to Greek or foreign writers who, through their work, have contributed to the presentation of Greek literature abroad. In 2014, the prize was received by the Spanish Hellenist and translator Pedro Badenas [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Babelio
- ↑ The famous Greek writer Dido Sotiriu died. Archived copy of March 4, 2016 at Wayback Machine , 29 (16) .09.04.04 - Thessaloniki
- ↑ The famous Greek writer Dido Sotiriou Died (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 24, 2012. Archived March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Βραβείο "Διδώ Σωτηρίου" στον Πέδρο Μπάδενας δε λα Πένια | naftemporiki.gr
Literature
Nikolau N. G. Short Dictionary of Modern Greek Literature. - M .: Book House Librocom, 2010. - 296 p. - ISBN 978-5-397-01373-4 .