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Pandelis Prevelakis (Greek:Παντελής Πρεβελάκης, sometimes transliteratedPanteles Prevelakes; 18 February 1909 – 15 March 1986) was aGreek novelist, poet, dramatist and essayist—one of the leading Greek prose writers of the "Generation of the '30s". Most of his works are set inCrete.[1][2]
He was born inRethymno, in Crete, on 18 February 1909.[1] He studied philology in Paris and Thessaloniki.
From about 1930 he was a friend and agent of the novelist and poetNikos Kazantzakis, and eventually wrote a biography of him.
In 1938 he brought out what is probably his best-known work,The Tale of a Town orThe Chronicle of a Town (Το χρονικό μιας Πολιτείας, 1937), a nostalgic depiction ofRethymno from 1898–1924.
From 1939 to 1975 he was a professor of art history in the Academy of Arts, Athens. In 1939 he brought out a historical story,The Death of the Medici.
AfterWorld War II appeared hisWretched Crete: a chronicle of the rising of 1866 (1945); which was followed by the trilogy,The Cretan (1948–1950) (revised edition 1965), which refers to events between 1866 and 1910 and introduces historical characters such as Venizelos. In 1959 he brought outThe Sun of Death, in which a boy comes to terms with human mortality.
He also wrote four plays, all based on historical themes.
Prevelakes died inEkali,Attica in 15 March 1986. His grave is in Rethymno, in a churchyard near the top of the hill on Kazantzakis Street. There is a statue of him in front of Rethymno's City Hall.
PREVELAKIS, PANDELÍS ( 1909– 1986 ) Prevelakis was a novelist, essayist, dramatist, and art critic born at Rethymno (Crete).
Pandelis Prevelakis and the Value of a Heritage is a fine, timely, positive contribution to modern Greek studies
