Voula Damianakou (1914–2016)
was a Greek author, translator and a member of the Greek resistance against
Nazi Germany.
Biography
Voula Damianakou was born in Panitsa,
Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, c ...
in 1914. She was a supporter of women's political rights
and collaborated with
Vassilis Rotas
Vassilis Rotas (1889–1977) was a Greek politician, author and translator of Shakespeare's dramas from English into Greek.
Biography
He was born in Chiliomodi on the Peloponnese in 1889 and studied literature at the University of Athens and ...
in the translations of Shakespeare plays and with whom she published the magazine ''Laikos Logos'' between 1965 and 1967. In January 1999, she received
Abdullah Öcalan
Abdullah Öcalan ( ; ; born 4 April 1949), also known as Apo (short for Abdullah in Turkish and Kurdish for "uncle"), is a political prisoner and founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Öcalan was based in Syria from ...
in her house upon the request of the retired Greek Admiral
Antoni Naxakis.
The visit of Öcalan inspired her to write a book. She died on the 19 September 2016 in Athens
and was buried in
Myrsini.
Personal life
She was married to
Vassili Rotas the Minister of Culture of the
Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA), the political movement against the
Axis powers during
World War II.
Her daughter is the painter Eleni Vassilopoulou.
Works
She published several books and was involved heavily in the translation of
William Shakespeare plays.
She became known for portraying the classic comic playwright
Aristophanes as a sympathizer of leftwing politics dubbing him ''Aristerophanes'' in her play ''Avgi.''
References
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1914 births
2016 deaths
Greek writers
Greek Resistance members
People from East Mani
Greek centenarians
Women centenarians