Petros Markaris
Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1937 (age 89) · 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.
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Known for
Eternity and a Day
October 23, 1998
Ulysses' Gaze
October 12, 1995
The Weeping Meadow
February 20, 2004
The Suspended Step of the Stork
December 4, 1991
The Dust of Time
November 22, 2008
Days of '36
September 30, 1972
Alexander the Great
September 8, 1980
Waiting for the Clouds
October 14, 2003
Lovers Beyond Time
March 24, 1990
Watch Out! Red Light
November 24, 2003
The Bleeding Statues
October 7, 1982
Istanbul Story
November 10, 2016
Behind the camera12
- 2016Istanbul Story Story Supervisor
- 2008The Dust of Time Writer
- 2004The Weeping Meadow Writer
- 2003Watch Out! Red Light Writer
- 2003Waiting for the Clouds Writer
- 1998Eternity and a Day Screenplay
- 1995Ulysses' Gaze Co-Writer
- 1991The Suspended Step of the Stork Writer
- 1990Lovers Beyond Time Writer
- 1982The Bleeding Statues Writer