Lefteris (Eleftherios) Papadopoulos (; born 14 November 1935) is a
Greek
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lyricist
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Royalties
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,
writer and journalist.
Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in
Athens, Greece
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on 14 November 1935. He was the son of Greek Pontian refugees, with a father from a village near
Bursa
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in
Turkey
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and a mother from a village near
Novorossiysk
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History
In antiquity, the shores of the ...
in
Russia
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.
His parents were expelled in 1924 during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. He enrolled at the Law School of the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...
but stopped during his third year in order to work as a journalist. Since 1959 Papadopoulos has worked in the newspaper
Ta Nea and has become a popular columnist over time.
Papadopoulos became involved with music in 1963. He has written the lyrics for about 1,200 songs and has co-worked with nearly all of the well-known musicians, composers and singers of his generation, namely
Mikis Theodorakis
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis ( ; 29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021) was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works.
He scored for the films '' Zorba the Greek'' (1964), '' Z'' (1969), and '' Serpico'' (1973). He was a three-ti ...
,
Stavros Xarhakos,
Manos Loizos,
Stavros Koujioumtzis,
Mimis Plessas
Dimitrios "Mimis" Plessas (; 12 October 1924 – 5 October 2024) was a Greek musician, composer, conductor and pianist.
Life and career
Plessas was born in Athens. He attended the Lycée Léonin school in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni, and ...
,
Christos Nikolopoulos,
Stelios Kazantzidis,
Grigoris Bithikotsis,
George Dalaras,
Marinella,
Viki Mosholiou and others. In 1969, composer
Mimis Plessas
Dimitrios "Mimis" Plessas (; 12 October 1924 – 5 October 2024) was a Greek musician, composer, conductor and pianist.
Life and career
Plessas was born in Athens. He attended the Lycée Léonin school in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni, and ...
's work of songs "O Dromos", to which Papadopoulos contributed the lyrics, became the fastest selling Greek album. Of all the creative partnerships that Papadopoulos has had with Greek composers, that of his close friend
Manos Loizos is considered a landmark of his career.
Papadopoulos contributed lyrics to some Greek songs from 1960 to 1990. He also wrote a few literary books, and one about the lyricist
Eftichia Papagianopoulou. He has presented various programmes about
Greek Music
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on television; the most recent, entitled "Makrines Filies" (Remote Friendships), was broadcast on National Television,
ERT.
Papadopoulos is married to a theatrical director and has a son and a daughter as well as two grandchildren.
References
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1935 births
Living people
Writers from Athens
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Journalists from Athens
Greek television presenters
Modern Greek poets
Greek lyricists
20th-century Greek poets
Mass media people from Athens