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Irlandos: New page: '''Karolos Koun''' (Κάρολος Κουν) (September 13, 1908 - February 14, 1987) was a Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancien...

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'''Karolos Koun''' (Κάρολος Κουν) ([[September 13]], [[1908]] - [[February 14]], [[1987]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays.

Koun was born in [[Proussa]] (Bursa) [[Asia Minor]] to a Greek mother and a half-Jewish father. He was raised in [[Constantinople]] and, in [[1929]], settled in [[Athens]].

In [[1942]], during the [[World War II]] Axis occupation of Greece, he founded the experimental ''Art Theater''. He gave premieres in [[Athens]] of works by avant-garde European playwrights such as Bertolt Brecht and Luigi Pirandello. In [[1962]], Koun's production of ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'' by Aristophanes won first prize at an international festival at Paris.

Koun won praise from all over Europe for his bawdy, colorful stagings of the [[5th century BC]] political comedies of [[Aristophanes]].

He died on [[February 14]], [[1987]], after suffering a heart attack, at the age of 78.

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Irlandos at 20:08, October 1, 2011

Irlandos: New page: '''Karolos Koun''' (Κάρολος Κουν) (September 13, 1908 - February 14, 1987) was a Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancien...