Rosita Sokou

Rosita Sokou (Greek: Ζωή Μαρία (Ροζίτα) Σώκου, Zoi Maria (Rozita) Sokou; 9 September 1923 – 14 December 2021) was a Greek journalist, author, playwright and translator. Sokou was one of the first women journalists in Greece. From 1977–1983 she became a celebrity as part of a panel in the TV Show Na I Efkeria. In 1992–1993 she went on to host her own TV show at New Channel called Visitors at Night.

Sokou died from COVID-19 in Athens, on 14 December 2021, at the age of 98.

Works

Articles

Newspapers

• Oi kairoi (1948–50)
• Anexartisia (1949)
• Vradini (1949–1955)
• Athens News (1952–1960)
• Kathimerini (1953–1957 and 1960–1967, 1974–1987)
• Mesimvrini (1961–1965)
• Acropolis (1969-
• Apoghevmatini (1970–2005)
• Ethnos tis Kyriakis
• Kosmos tou ependyti

Magazines

• Hollywood (1946)
• Eikones (1953–1957 and 1961–1967)
• Ekloghi (1955–1961)
• Epikaira (1967)
• Proto (1967–68)
• Paidi kai Neoi goneis
• Tilerama (1984–2005)

TV and radio shows

Radio

• "Lithoi kai keramoi" – with Kostas Ferris
• "Episkeptes tis nichtas" – with various guests

TV

• "Na i efkairia" (Here is your chance) (1977–1983) member of the panel
• "Oneira sto fos : Na i efkairia – new version" 1997 at Channel 5
• "Oi episkeptes tis nychtas" (The night visitors) (1992–1993) New Channel

Films

• Pros tin eleftheria (by Haris Papadopoulos) 1996

Translations

Books and comics

• Bergman: The trilogy of silence (3 screenplays) Ed. Galaxias
• Bergman: Three screenplays “Wild strawberries”, “The seventh seal” Ed. Galaxias, reprinted by ed. Hermias, ISBN 960-216-039-X
• Aldous Huxley: The genius and the goddess
• Stanislaw Lem: Cyberiad (1979) ed. Kaktos
• Stanislaw Lem: Solaris (1961) ed. Kastaniotis
• Isaac Asimov: I, robot ed. Galaxias
• Fantastika diighimata (Anthology of Science Fiction short stories) Ed. Galaxias, 1961
• Chanel la solitaire Ed. Galaxias
• Charensol: Histoire du cinema Ed. Papyros-Larousse
• Corto Maltese (many titles) for Mammouth Comics editions

Theatre

• Shock – by Sam Shepard 1995
• Sea View – by Edward Albee 1996
• Harvest – by Manjula Padmanabhan (with I. Maradei) – 1988
• Jesabel – by Jean Anouilh (with I. Maradei)- 1999

Theatrical adaptions

• Lenz, from the work of Georg Büchner
• The Portrait of Dorian Gray – from Oscar Wilde's novella 1977, for Dimitri Potamitis, also produced in 2000 with Stratos Tzortzoglou in the leading role

Original writings

• The encephalopod – S.F. short story, first published in “Italia domani” magazine (Rome, 1960) and, in Greek, in the “Ekloghi” magazine #183 (19-6-1960)
• Nureyev – about her first meeting with the famous dancer/choreographer Ed. Kaktos, Athens, 1982
• Anastassios – a profile of the late ballet dancer Anastasios Vitoros Ed. Kaktos, Athens, 1985
• Nureyev – as I knew him – expanded version, a full biography, with the collaboration of Irene Maradei Ed. Kaktos, Athens, 2003 ISBN 960-382-503-4
• Quai Voltaire – theatrical play Ed. Hatzinikoli, Athens, 1990–91
• Mario and I, about singer Mario Frangoulis Ed. Kastaniotis, December 2005 ISBN 960-03-4126-5
• Rosita's Century, a 2-volume autobiography edited by her daughter Irene Maradei. Ed. Odos Panos, November 2018 ISBN 9789604773039

Other websites

• Bibliography