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Portrait image of Theodor Kallifatides Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2017)

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Kallifatides, Theodor

Theodor Kallifatides was born in the village of Molaoi in the Peloponnese in Greece. His father was an elementary school teacher and had come to Greece as a refugee from Turkey. In 1941, Molaoi was occupied by the Germans and his father – who was a socialist – was imprisoned. After his release, the family moved to Athens where Kallifatides matriculated in 1956, and then started Theatre Studies. Af...

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Joseph Rouletabille

Gender: Male

He is 18 years old when he solves an ‘impossible crime’ in Gaston Leroux’s classic first detective story. He is actually called Joseph Joséphine, and his father is a master criminal. Joseph Rouletabille is a journalist, but also an amateur detective and even a secret agent in one novel. He is small in stature, but quick-witted and energetic. His marriage with the beautiful Ivana Vilitchkov has an...

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