Petros Markaris
Writing
Born January 1, 1937 in Istanbul, Turkey
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)
Filmography
Istanbul Story
Patision blues, el mirall de la crisi grega
Self
The Dust of Time
The Weeping Meadow
Watch Out! Red Light
Waiting for the Clouds
Eternity and a Day
Nykterino deltio
Ulysses' Gaze
The Suspended Step of the Stork
Lovers Beyond Time
The Bleeding Statues
Alexander the Great
Days of '36
Murdered Trade Unionist