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Petros Markaris

Diary of an Eternity

On Set with Angelopoulos

Published by Diogenes as Tagebuch einer Ewigkeit

Original Title: To imerologio, mias aioniotitas

This insight into the making of the film Eternity and a Day (winner of the ›Palme d’Or‹ at the Cannes Film Festival, 1998) reveals a whole new side to the crime writer Petros Markaris.

Featuring photos from the film set.

»I have no idea how to write a screenplay.«
»Don’t worry,« Theo said, »I’ll show you.«
From then on, we were inseparable.

On the inspiring friendship between the writer Petros Markaris and director Theo Angelopoulos.

Petros Markaris is known for his fast-paced crime fiction, Theo Angelopoulos for his epic auteur films. Together, the two men wrote the screenplay for one of Europe’s most important films, Eternity and a Day. The dialogue between them shows the interplay of humour and the serious side in the creative process – and how literature and great cinema come about.

Contemporary Literature, Cinema
288 pages
2019

978-3-257-07065-1

Petros

Markaris

Petros Markaris, born in Istanbul in 1937, is a playwright and creator of a TV series who worked as an author with Theo Angelopoulos, and translated the works of German dramatists like Brecht and Goethe. He began writing crime novels in the mid-1990s, and became an international success. His accolades include the ›Pepe Carvalho Prize‹, the ›Goethe Medal‹ and an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki. Petros Markaris lives in Athens.

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Photo of Petros Markaris, © Regine Mosimann / Diogenes Verlag

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Sven Hanuschek
Münchner Feuilleton

»Petros Markaris’s diary can now become an eternal resource for those keen to discover how his films are structured and composed, as well as being a delightful read and the year’s most unique book on Greece.«