Margarita Liberaki

Margarita Liberaki (; 22 April 1919 – 24 May 2001) was a Greek writer and dramatist. Her sister was the sculptor Aglae Liberaki (1923–85). Her parents divorced when she was a child and she was raised by her maternal grandparents. Her grandfather was the important publisher and bookstore owner .

Works Novels Τα δέντρα (1945). The Trees. Τα Ψάθινα Καπέλα [Ta psathina kapela] (1946). The Straw Hats. Translated by Karen Van Dyck as Three Summers (Kedros, 1995; New York Review Books, 2019). Ο άλλος Αλέξανδρος [O allos Alexandros] (1950). The Other Alexander, trans. Willis and Helle Tzalopoulou Barnstone (The Noonday Press, 1959). Το μυστ́ηριο [To mystērio] (1976). The Mystery or The Rite.

Plays Η γυναίκα του Κανδαύλη [Hē gynaika tou Kandaulē] (1954). Candaules’ Wife. L'autre Alexandre (1957). Translated by the author into Greek as Ο άλλος Αλέξανδρος [Ho allos Alexandros] (1971). Les Danaïdes (1963). Translated by the author into Greek as Οι Δαναΐδες [Hoi Danaides] (1978) Le saint prince (1963). Translated by the author into Greek as Ο άγιος πρίγκηψ [Ho hagios prinkēps] (1972). Sparagmos (1967). Translated by the author into Greek as Σπαραγμός: τα πάθη του αστερίου [Sparagmos: ta pathē tou asteriou] (1970). Le lit secret (1967). Translated by the author into Greek as Το μυστικό κρεβάτι [To mystikó krebáti] (1972). First published in Mythical Theater (1980). Erotica (1974). Translated by the author into Greek as Ερωτικά: τελετή καθαρμού [Erōtika: teletē katharmou] (1983). Later republished as Γυναίκες και άντρες [Gynaikes kai andres] (1997). Women and Men. Ζωή [Zōē] (1985). Screenplays Μαγική πόλη (1954). Magic City, directed by Nikos Koundouros. Phaedra (1962). Written with and directed by Jules Dassin.

Other Για τον απόντα / Εσπερινή τελετ́η [Gia ton aponta / Esperinī teletē] (1972). For the Absent / Evening Ceremony. Poems. Μυθικό θέατρο (1980). Mythical Theater. Compiles Candaules’ Wife, The Danaïds and The Secret Bed. Δε μ' αγαπάς. Μ' αγαπάς : τα παράξενα της μητρικής αγάπης (2008). You Do Not Love Me. You Love Me. Letters to her daughter Margarita Karapanou between 1962 and 1974.