Antigone Metaxa-Krontera
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Antigone Metaxa-Krontera (Greek: Αντιγόνη Μεταξά-Κροντηρά; 1905–1971) was a Greek children's author. She was also known as Theia Lena (Θεία Λένα, "Aunt Lena").[1]
She studied theatre and first worked as an actress. In 1932, she founded the first Greek children's theatre. During the late 1930s, she established the first weekly radio programs for children in Greece. Later she performed on television, hosting a show called Kalispera paidakia (Good evening, children).[1]
She published around 200 children's books, including 50 that she wrote herself. She published a children's encyclopedia, the first published in Greek. She also was editor for a children's newspaper which was published twice monthly.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Haase, Donald (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. G–P. p. 623. ISBN 978-0313334436.
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- 1905 births
- 1971 deaths
- Greek children's writers
- Pseudonymous women writers
- Greek women writers
- Greek stage actresses
- Greek women children's writers
- Greek television actresses
- 20th-century Greek actresses
- 20th-century Greek women writers
- 20th-century Greek writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- Greek writer stubs