| Margarita Liberaki | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1919-04-22)22 April 1919 Athens, Greece |
| Died | May 24, 2001(2001-05-24) (aged 82) |
| Occupation | writer, dramatist |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Period | 1945–2001 |
Margarita Liberaki (Greek: Μαργαρίτα Λυμπεράκη, romanized: Margarita Lymberaki; 22 April 1919 – 24 May 2001) was a Greek writer and dramatist.
Life and career
Liberaki was born in Athens, Greece, the daughter of Sappho (née Fexi), a writer, and Themistoklis Lymberakis. Her sister was the sculptor Aglae Liberaki (1923–85). Her parents divorced when she was a child and she was raised by her maternal grandparents. Her grandfather was the important publisher and bookstore owner Georgios D. Fexis [el]. She studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 1941, she married the lawyer and poet Giorgos Karapanos. After completing her degree in 1943, she wrote and published her first novel The Trees (1945) under her married name. The couple had one daughter, novelist Margarita Karapanou. After their daughter's birth in 1946, they divorced and Liberaki moved to Paris, where she began to write for the theater in French and Greek.
Works
Novels
- Τα δέντρα (1945). The Trees.
- Τα Ψάθινα Καπέλα (1946). The Straw Hats. Translated by Karen Van Dyck as Three Summers (Kedros, 1995; New York Review Books, 2019).
- Ο άλλος Αλέξανδρος (1950). The Other Alexander, trans. Willis and Helle Tzalopoulou Barnstone (The Noonday Press, 1959).
- Το μυστ́ηριο (1976). The Mystery or The Rite.
Plays
- Η γυναίκα του Κανδαύλη (1954). Candaules’ Wife.
- L'autre Alexandre (1957). Translated by the author into Greek as Ο άλλος Αλέξανδρος (1971).
- Les Danaïdes (1963). Translated by the author into Greek as Οι Δαναΐδες (1978)
- Le saint prince (1963). Translated by the author into Greek as Ο άγιος πρίγκηψ (1972).
- Sparagmos (1967). Translated by the author into Greek as Σπαραγμός: τα πάθη του αστερίου (1970).
- Le lit secret (1967). Translated by the author into Greek as Το μυστικό κρεβάτι (1972).
- First published in Mythical Theater (1980).
- Erotica (1974). Translated by the author into Greek as Ερωτικά: τελετή καθαρμού (1983).
- Later republished as Γυναίκες και άντρες (1997). Women and Men.
- Ζωή (1985).
Screenplays
- Μαγική πόλη (1954). Magic City, directed by Nikos Koundouros.
- Phaedra (1962). Written with and directed by Jules Dassin.
Other
- Για τον απόντα / Εσπερινή τελετ́η (1972). For the Absent / Evening Ceremony. Poems.
- Μυθικό θέατρο (1980). Mythical Theater.
- Compiles Candaules’ Wife, The Danaïds and The Secret Bed.
- Δε μ' αγαπάς. Μ' αγαπάς : τα παράξενα της μητρικής αγάπης (2008). You Do Not Love Me. You Love Me.
- Letters to her daughter Margarita Karapanou between 1962 and 1974.
References
- ^ Dyck, Karen Van (2019-07-16). "Three Sisters, Three Summers in the Greek Countryside". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
- ^ Τριχιά - Ζούρα, Μαρία (1984). "Μαργαρίτα Λυμπεράκη: η ζωή της και η λογοτεχνική της πορεία από το μυθιστόρημα στο θέατρο". Παρουσία. 2: 127.
- Καμπούρη-Μασαούτη, Αναστασία (2017). "Τα αρχαιόμυθα θεατρικά έργα της Μαργαρίτας Λυμπεράκη". Nemertes.