Suddenly our hearts break the sad news of the death of Maria Laina who was a Greek poet. She studied Law at the University of Athens, but she did not practice it and worked instead as a translator, critic, screenwriter, copy editor, professor of Greek, and radio producer.
Maria Laina Cause of death
Maria Laina died on December 27, 2023, at the age of 76 and there was no cause of death recorded.
Maria Laina obituary
Maria Laina was born in 1947, in Patras, Greece. She belonged to the so-called Genia to ’70 (’70’s Generation), which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi.
Maria Laina was awarded the State Prize for Poetry for her collection Rodinos Fovos (Ρόδινος φόβος) in 1993, and the Cavafy Prize together with Giorgos Markopoulos in 1996. Her poetry has been translated into English, French, and Spanish.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
