Rodis Kanakaris-Roufos (Greek: Ρόδης Κανακάρης-Ρούφος, 1924–1972) was a Greek

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Biography

He was the son of Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos and a member of the Rouphos family that descended from

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and were politicians from Patras and Achaea. He studied law at the University of Athens in 1949 and also became a foreign minister. He made diplomatic representations in

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and in Paris. He took part in the Greek resistance but in 1967 with the arrival of the Regime of the Colonels that took power until 1974, Rodis Kanakaris lost his place. He had been awarded the Twelve Awards in which along with the National Novel Awards. After his novel ''Poreia sto skotadi'' (''Πορεία στο σκοτάδι''), he was awarded the

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Award. He died in

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in 1972 and had two sons, including Loukas (1949- ) who became a lawyer, and Athanassios (1952- ) who is a musician.

Bibliography

During his lifetime, he wrote several works with his pseudonym Rodis Provelengios or Proveleggios (Ρόδης Προβελέγγιος). Some of his works include:

References

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