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'''Dido Sotiriou''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Διδώ Σωτηρίου) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] writer and journalist.

Sotiriou was born Dido Pappa, to a wealthy family, on [[February 18]], [[1909]] in [[Aydini]], [[Asia Minor]]. In [[1919]], the Pappas family relocated to [[Smyrna]] and three years later were forced to flee to [[Greece]] in the aftermath of the [[Asia Minor disaster]]. In Greece she married Platon Sotiriou and afterwards left for France to study in the Sorbonne.

In [[1936]], she started working as a journalist and by [[1944]] became chief editor of the communist daily [[Rizospastis]]. Sotiriou was expelled from the [[Communist Party of Greece]] ({{KKE]]) during the [[Greek Civil War]].

In [[1959]], she published her first book "Οι νεκροί περιμένουν" (The Dead await). Three years later, she published her most successful book "Ματωμένα χώματα" (literally Bloodied earth - [[Farewell to Anatolia]]) which was translated into many languages and sold over 250,000 copies.

In [[1990]], Sotiriou was awarded Greece's highest honour for a writer, the prize of the Athens Academy. She died on [[September 23]], [[2004]], at the age of 95.

Sotiriou was the sister of [[Ellie Pappa]], partner of [[Nikos Beloyiannis]] who was executed during the Cold War era. She raised their child, Nikos, during her sister's imprisonment.

==Her works==

*''Οι νεκροί περιμένουν'' (The Dead await) (1959)
*''Ηλέκτρα'' (Electra) (1961)
*''Ματωμένα χώματα'' ([[Farewell to Anatolia]]) (1962)
*''Η Μικρασιάτικη Καταστροφή και η στρατηγική του ιμπεριαλισμού στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο''
(The Asia Minor disaster and the strategy of imperialism in the eastern Mediterranean) (1975)
*''Εντολή'' (The Order) (1976)
*''Μέσα στις φλόγες'' (In the Flames) (1978)
*''Επισκέπτες'' (Visitors) (1979)
*''Κατεδαφιζόμεθα'' (We're being demolished) (1982)
*''Θέατρο'' (Theatre) (1995)

[[Category:Writers|Sotiriou, Dido]]
[[Category:1909 births|Sotiriou, Dido]]
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 Sotiriou was born Dido Pappa, to a wealthy family, on [[February 18]], [[1909]] in [[Aydini]], [[Asia Minor]]. In [[1919]], the Pappas family relocated to [[Smyrna]] and three years later were forced to flee to [[Greece]] in the aftermath of the [[Asia Minor disaster]]. In Greece she married Platon Sotiriou and afterwards left for France to study in the Sorbonne.
-In [[1936]], she started working as a journalist and by [[1944]] became chief editor of the communist daily [[Rizospastis]]. Sotiriou was expelled from the [[Communist Party of Greece]] ({{KKE]]) during the [[Greek Civil War]].
+In [[1936]], she started working as a journalist and by [[1944]] became chief editor of the communist daily [[Rizospastis]]. Sotiriou was expelled from the [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE) during the [[Greek Civil War]].
 In [[1959]], she published her first book "Οι νεκροί περιμένουν" (The Dead await). Three years later, she published her most successful book "Ματωμένα χώματα" (literally Bloodied earth - [[Farewell to Anatolia]]) which was translated into many languages and sold over 250,000 copies.

Dido Sotiriou - Revision history

Irlandos at 12:07, April 14, 2008

Irlandos: New page: '''Dido Sotiriou''' (Greek Διδώ Σωτηρίου) was a Greek writer and journalist. Sotiriou was born Dido Pappa, to a wealthy family, on [[February 18...