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Vassilis Vassilikos

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Vassilikos was married twice. The first marriage was with Mimi, with whom they founded a publishing house together, and later divorced because she became a nun, and the second marriage in 1983 with lyrical singer Vasso Papantoniou (born 1939) with whom they had a daughter, Evridiki.
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As an author, Vassilikos was highly prolific and widely translated. He published more than 100 books, including novels, plays, and poetry. His best-known work is the
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on December 4. Vassilikos is survived by his wife, Greek soprano Vaso Papantoniou, and their daughter.
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Because of his political activities, he was forced into exile for seven years following the
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Vassilikos and his late wife Dimitra (Mimí) were friends with the American poet
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In the United States, Vassilikos was long associated with and published by
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He died on 30 November 2023, at the age of 90. He was buried at the
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From 1981 to 1984, Vassilikos served as the deputy director of the
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on November 18, 1933, to parents native to the island of
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Hellenic Parliament
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Kavala
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First Cemetery of Athens
MeRA25
SYRIZA
Anatolia College
Alma mater
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Yale Drama School
Greek
UNESCO
Kavala
Thasos
Thessaloniki
Yale University
coup of 1967
Greek state television
ET1
UNESCO
First Cemetery of Athens
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political novel
Z
Costa-Gavras
Mikis Theodorakis
Shanghai (2012 film)

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