Demosthenes Papamarkos

Demosthenes Papamarkos is a historian, author and screenwriter. An Onassis Foundation scholar, he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Ancient History at Oxford University. He published his first novel at the age of 15. “Gkiak”, his collection of short stories (Antipodes, 2014), won awards from both the Academy of Athens and “Anagnostis” magazine and has been adapted for the stage twice.

He collaborated on the screenplay of Yannis Economides' new film “The Ballad of a Pierced Heart” and wrote the libretto for Nikos Kypourgos' opera “Peace”, which is based on Aristophanes' comedy of the same name. He writes the "Bare Bones" comic strip for “Blue Comet” magazine and is currently creating content on a Faliro House project for television.

In the context of the “Onassis Artistic Research Fellowship”, he has undertaken to write an original play, which takes place on an island.