Eleni Vlachou
Eleni Vlachou also Elena Vlachou or Vlachos ( Greek Ελένη Βλάχου, Έλενα Βλάχου , English transcription Helen Vlachos or Vlakhou , * December 18, 1911 ; † October 14, 1995 ) was a Greek journalist and editor.
Life
Vlachou grew up in Athens and Geneva . She wrote as a reporter, film critic and columnist for the Kathimerini newspaper , which was owned by her father and passed into her possession after his death in 1951. In 1955 Vlachou founded the weekly Ikones with her husband Konstantinos Loundras and in 1961 the newspaper Mesimvrini .
Under the Greek military dictatorship , Vlachou and Loundras ceased any publication activity because the censorship that was introduced after the military coup made all free journalism impossible. On October 4, 1967, both were placed under house arrest. At the end of December 1967, Vlachou fled to England. Loundras stayed behind in Greece. He was imprisoned for one year in August 1968 and banned from traveling. In exile, Vlachou gained a reputation as a journalist and campaigner against the military junta. Her charges against the regime have received international attention.
In the first elections after the end of the dictatorship in 1974, Vlachou was elected as a member of the Nea Dimokratia in the Greek Parliament .
The German-Greek Eleni Vlachou Journalist Prize named after her is awarded every two years for special achievements in the field of European and international reporting.
Fonts
- Common Heritage (American magazine): special issue 4/1970.
- Spectator (American newspaper): Articles of October 11, 1968 and April 18, 1969.
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Free Greek Voices. Doric Publications, London 1971.
- German: Greece. Documentation of a dictatorship . Youth and People, Vienna / Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7141-7415-X .
literature
- Eleni Vlachou , In: International Biographical Archive. 02/1996, January 1, 1996, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Eleni Vlachou: The night of the tanks . In: The time . No. 2/1968.
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Short biography (with photo) and works by Eleni Vlachou (Greek)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vlachou, Eleni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vlachos, Helen; Vlachou, Elena; Vlachos, Elena; Vlachos, Eleni; Vlakhou, Helen; Βλάχου, Ελένη; Βλάχου, Έλενα |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek journalist and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1911 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1995 |