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He was the partner of Velou Damianakou, who also was a member of the greek resistance against NAZI Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Guardian Staff|date=1999-02-21|title=Global plot that lured Kurds' hero into trap|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/21/theobserver1|access-date=2021-02-14|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Damianakou assisted him in several of the Shakespeares translations.<ref name=":1" /> |
He was the partner of Velou Damianakou, who also was a member of the greek resistance against NAZI Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Guardian Staff|date=1999-02-21|title=Global plot that lured Kurds' hero into trap|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/21/theobserver1|access-date=2021-02-14|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Damianakou assisted him in several of the Shakespeares translations.<ref name=":1" /> Their son was the prominent [[Greeks|Greek]] [[composer]] and [[Theatre|theatrical]] contributor [[Nikiforos Rotas]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last= |date=2004-11-18 |title=Πέθανε ο συνθέτης και μελετητής Νικηφόρος Ρώτας |url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/culture/200731/pethane-o-synthetis-kai-meletitis-nikiforos-rotas/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ |language=greek}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:14, 10 December 2023
Vassilis Rotas (1889–1977) was a Greek politician, author and translator of Shakespeare's dramas from English into Greek.[1]
Biography
He was born in Chiliomodi on the Peloponnese in 1889 and studied literature at the University of Athens and drama at the Athens Conservatoire.[2] Following he established the Popular Theatre of Athens in 1932 and during the 1930s, he translated some theater plays of William Shakespeare into Greek.[3]
After the NAZI Germany occupied Greece in World War II, he joined the National Liberation Front (EAM)[2] and established the Theater of the Mountains[4] Following he toured the country with theater plays[2] together with members of United Panhellenic Organization of Youth (EPON), the youth wing of the EAM.[5] He was the author of the hymn of the EAM to a melody of the russian Katyusha.[2] He was the Director of Culture in the Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA), the political resistance movement against NAZI Germany.[2] Following the end of World War II, he was again involved in the translations of the works of Shakespeare.[3] Rotas and Voula Damianakou published the magazine Laikos Logos between 1966 and 1967.[6] He died in 1977.[7]
Legacy
He was an important figure for the development of the greek language, preferring the Demotic over the Katharevousa.[8] Demotic became the official greek language in 1976.[9] He is also the translator of the complete works of Shakespeare from English into Greek, often using words and terms seldom used in casual greek, both Kathaverousa and Demotic language.[8]
Personal life
He was the partner of Velou Damianakou, who also was a member of the greek resistance against NAZI Germany.[10] Damianakou assisted him in several of the Shakespeares translations.[3] Their son was the prominent Greek composer and theatrical contributor Nikiforos Rotas.[11]
References
- ^ Saraphē, Marion; Eve, Martin (1990). Background to Contemporary Greece. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-85036-393-7.
- ^ a b c d e "Rotas, Vasilis (1889-1977)". www.gedenkorte-europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ a b c Holland, Peter (2005). Shakespeare Survey: An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-521-85074-2.
- ^ Diamantopoulou, Lilia (2016). "Illustrierte Klassiker ,,Die spannendsten Geschichten der Weltliteratur" - in der griechischen Version". Historische Sozialkunde Geschichte - Fachdidaktik - Politische Bildung. 2/2016: 28–29.
- ^ Myrsiades, Linda S. (1991). "Resistance Theater and the Germany Occupation". Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora. 17 (2): 12.
- ^ Calotychos, Vangelis (2012-04-19). Manolis Anagnostakis: Poetry and Politics, Silence and Agency in Post-War Greece. Lexington Books. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-61147-466-4.
- ^ Holland, Peter (2005), p.219
- ^ a b Holland, Peter (2005), p.213
- ^ "Demotic Greek language". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ Guardian Staff (1999-02-21). "Global plot that lured Kurds' hero into trap". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "Πέθανε ο συνθέτης και μελετητής Νικηφόρος Ρώτας". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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