Voula Damianakou (1914–2016) [1] was a Greek author, translator and a member of the Greek resistance against Nazi Germany. [2]
Voula Damianakou was born in Panitsa, Laconia in 1914. She was a supporter of women's political rights [3] and collaborated with Vassilis Rotas in the translations of Shakespeare plays [4] and with whom she published the magazine Laikos Logos between 1965 and 1967. [5] In January 1999, she received Abdullah Öcalan in her house upon the request of the retired Greek Admiral Antoni Naxakis. [2] The visit of Öcalan inspired her to write a book. [6] She died on the 19 September 2016 in Athens [1] and was buried in Myrsini. [7]
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. [3] Her daughter is the painter Eleni Vassilopoulou. [1]
She published several books and was involved heavily in the translation of William Shakespeare plays. [1] She became known for portraying the classic comic playwright Aristophanes as a sympathizer of leftwing politics dubbing him Aristerophanes in her play Avgi. [8]