Rosita Sokou

Rosita Sokou Vrasidas Karalis, History of Greek Cinema, Continuum, 2012, p. 48. (, 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, 
 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 
 Quai Voltaire – theatrical play Ed. Hatzinikoli, Athens, 1990–91
 Mario and I, about singer Mario Frangoulis Ed. Kastaniotis, December 2005 
 Rosita's Century, a 2-volume autobiography edited by her daughter Irene Maradei. Ed. Odos Panos, November 2018 

References

Other websites
 Bibliography

Category:1923 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Athens
Category:Greek writers