Niki Marangou

Niki Marangou (1948 – 7 February 2013) was a Greek Cypriot author, poet, and painter.

Marangou was born in Limassol, Cyprus, in 1948.^[1][2] She studied sociology in West Berlin, Germany, from 1965 to 1970.^[2]

After graduation, Marangou worked as a dramaturge at the Cyprus Theatre Organisation.^[1] She also ran a bookshop in Nicosia.^[2] She was the author of books of prose, poetry and children’s fairy tales.^[2] She was also a painter and had seven solo exhibitions.^[2] Her first solo exhibition was in 1975.^[3] She was a member of the Hellenic Authors Society and the Cyprus Writers Association.^[2]

Some of her books were translated into German and Spanish.^[4]

Marangou received different awards. In 1998, she was awarded the Cavafy prize for poetry in Alexandria.^[2] In 2006, she was awarded the poetry prize of the Athens Academy for her book Divan.^[2][5] In 2007 her novel The Demon of Lust was described as one of the ten best Greek short story books by literature magazine Diavaso Rewards.^[4] She was given the Konstantin-Kavafis Prize for Poetry in 2008.^[4]

Marangou died in Fayoum, Egypt, on 7 February 2013 in a car crash while travelling.^[6][7] She was 65.^[8]

Niki Marangou: Von Famagusta nach Wien. Die Geschichte eines Arztes aus Zypern, übers. a. d. Griechischen v. Martin Scharnhorst, 120 S., ISBN 978-3-902585-08-0, Klagenfurt, Kitab, 2008