Biography

Petros Markaris was born in Istanbul in 1937. Having studied Economics, he made his literary debut in Greece in 1965 with a theatrical work, The Tale of Ali Retzo. This was followed by several other plays and film scripts. Markaris recently published a Greek translation of Goethe's Faust to critical acclaim. He has also translated Wedekind.

Appeared in Theo Angelopoulos' film 'An Eternity and a Day'.

Since the '90s he has written several police novels which have been translated to various language English being one among them. [Zone Defense, The Late-Night news etc].

Is considered an expert on Brecht and has translated much of his work in Greek as well as having written books on Brecht.

Has taught dramaturgy in various Greek drama schools and University departments.