Pandelis Prevelakis

Pandelis Prevelakis, born in Rethymno in Crete on 18 February 1909, studied literature in Athens, in Paris from 1930 to 1932 and in Thessaloniki, where in 1935 he defended a thesis on El Greco in Crete and in Italy. From 1937 to 1941 he headed the department of letters and fine arts at the Ministry of Education, then taught art history at the Athens School of Fine Arts until the mid-1970s. A friend and confidant of Kazantzakis, whose biography he wrote, he produced novels, plays and essays, and translated from the main languages of Europe. He died at Ekali, in Attica, on 15 March 1986.

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• NovelThe Tale of a TownΤο χρονικό μιας πολιτείαςPandelis Prevelakis · 1938Literature