Periklis Korovesis
Periklis Korovesis | |
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| Περικλής Κοροβέσης | |
| Born | 20 July 1941 Kefalonia, Greece |
| Died | 11 April 2020 (aged 78) Athens, Greece |
| Other names | Pericles Korovessis |
| Occupation(s) | Author, journalist, and member of the Hellenic Parliament |
| Notable work | The Method: A Personal Account of the Tortures in Greece (Anthropofylakes in Greek) |
Periklis Korovesis (Greek: Περικλής Κοροβέσης; 20 July 1941 – 11 April 2020), also published as Pericles Korovessis, was a Greek author and journalist and a member of the Hellenic Parliament.
Biography
Korovesis was born in
political prisoners
.
Parliamentary and social activities
Korovesis was an elected Member of Parliament with the left-wing party
Coalition of the Radical Left (SY.RIZ.A) in the 2007 Greek legislative election for the Athens A constituency. He failed to be re-elected MP in 2009 elections. He was an advocate of human rights, immigrants, environmental issues and Greek diaspora.[1]
Books
Korovesis' first book titled Anthropofylakes has been translated into French (
Seuil, 1969), English (Allison & Busby, 1970, and Panther, 1970), Swedish (Rubén et Sjӧrgen, 1970), Finnish (Weilin+Gӧӧs, 1970), Norwegian (Gyldendal, 1973), Turkish (Yӧntem, 1972, & Alan Yayincilik, 1989), German (Zweitausendeins,1981 and Raith,1976), Portuguese (Publicaciōes Europa-America,1970).[2]
He also wrote poetry and children's stories.
Korovesis wrote articles for Eleftherotypia, Epochi and Efimerida ton Syntakton newspapers and for the magazine Galera. His personal blog was titled Left Recycling.
Death
Korovesis died, aged 78, in an Athens hospital on 11 April 2020.[3]
References
- ^ "Βουλη Των Ελληνων - Κοροβεσησ Χρ. Περικλησ". Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ "ΑΡΙΣΤΕΡΗ ΑΝΑΚΥΚΛΩΣΗ". ΑΡΙΣΤΕΡΗ ΑΝΑΚΥΚΛΩΣΗ.
- ^ ""Αντίο" στον δικό μας Περικλή". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-04-11.
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