Katerina Gogou
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Katerina Gogou was a Greek
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 actress, poet and author. She had one daughter, Mirto.

She was born in Athens
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 during the Nazi occupation of the country. Before her suicide at the age of 53, in 1993, Gogou appeared in over thirty Greek films.

One of her books was translated into English, "Three clicks left" in the United States
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 in 1983 by Jack Hirschman
Jack Hirschman
Jack Hirschman is an American poet and social activist who has written more than 50 volumes of poetry and essays.-Biography:...

 and published by "Night Horn Books" in San Francisco. The Greek title was, 'Τρία κλικ αριστερά', and first published by Kastaniotis in 1978. Her poetry was known for its rebellious and anarchic content.

Most famously, some of her poems appeared in the Greek film 'Parangelia' about the life of Nikos Koemtzis who, in 1973, killed 3 (2 policemen) and injured 8 people at a bouzouki club in Athens over a dance.

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