Danai Stratigopoulou facts for kids
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Danai Stratigopoulou
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| Born | 8 February 1913 |
| Origin | Athens, Greece |
| Died | 18 January 2009 (aged 95) |
| Genres | Opera, Folk music |
| Occupation(s) | University academic, singer, author, composer |
Danai Stratigopoulou (pronounced Dah-nah-EE Stra-tee-go-POO-loo) was a talented Greek singer, writer, and university teacher. She was born on February 8, 1913, and passed away on January 18, 2009. Danai became famous for translating the beautiful poems of Chilean Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda into Greek.
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Danai's Early Life and Music Journey
Danai Stratigopoulou was born in Athens, Greece. But she spent her childhood and teenage years in France, living in Paris and Marseilles. There, she studied important subjects like political science (how governments work), orthophony (correct speech), and phonetics (the sounds of language). At the same time, she began her career as a singer.
In the early 1930s, Danai started working with other Greek musicians. In 1935, she sang songs by a modern composer named Attik (Kleon Triandafylou). She helped make many of his songs very popular by recording them.
Throughout her singing career, Danai focused on traditional Greek folk and popular songs. She won many awards and honors for her singing and for the songs she wrote herself. These awards came from music festivals both in Greece and around the world. During World War II, she bravely joined the resistance movement against the Nazis and fascists.
Living and Working in Chile
Later in her life, Danai Stratigopoulou moved to Chile. There, she became a university teacher at the University of Santiago de Chile. She taught students about Greek folklore (traditional stories and customs) and phonetics (the study of speech sounds).
While living in Chile, Danai created a lot of her own music. She wrote about 300 songs in total. She also published many of her own books and poems during this time.
Friendship with Pablo Neruda
Danai became very good friends with the famous Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner, Pablo Neruda. They would spend time together at Neruda's home in Isla Negra. They often read and talked about poetry.
Danai knew a lot about Neruda's work and both literature and language. This made her the perfect person to translate Pablo Neruda's Spanish poems into Greek. For all her cultural work in Chile, the country honored her with a special award.
Danai's Music Albums
Danai Stratigopoulou recorded several music albums during her career. Here are some of them:
- Istros – Danai canta a Neruda (1972)
- San Ki Apopse
- Concierto de Chile
- Sta Pio Omorfa Tragoudia Tou Attik (1994)
- San Ki Apopse (2007)
- Skliri Kardia (2010)
- Danai canta a Neruda (2010) – CD Remastered Edition
