Anghelaki-Rooke, Katerina (1939–)
Anghelaki-Rooke, Katerina (1939–)
Greek poet. Name variations: Katerina Anghelaki Rooke (also seen wrongly as Katerina Angelaki-Rooke); Katerina Rooke. Born 1939 in Athens, Greece; studied foreign languages and literature at the universities of Athens, Nice, and Geneva.
Poet who uses ancient Greek myths to depict lives of contemporary women; works include Wolves and Clouds (1963), The Body is the Victory and the Defeat of Dreams (1975), The Suitors (1984), Beings and Things: Poems by Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke (1986), and Collected Poems (1998). Awarded National Prize for Poetry (1985).
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