Known For
Writing
Born
Jan 01, 1937
Place of Birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Credits
16 titles
Petros Markaris
Biography
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)
Known For
Filmography
Istanbul Story
Story Supervisor
Patision blues, el mirall de la crisi grega
Self
The Dust of Time
Writer
Murder at Agora
Self (uncredited)
The Weeping Meadow
Writer
Watch Out! Red Light
Writer
Waiting for the Clouds
Writer
Eternity and a Day
Nykterino deltio
Creator
Ulysses' Gaze
Co-Writer
Ανατομία ενός εγκλήματος
Creator
The Suspended Step of the Stork
Writer
Lovers Beyond Time
Writer
The Bleeding Statues
Writer
Alexander the Great
Writer
Days of '36
Murdered Trade Unionist