Karolos Koun

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Karolos Koun (Κάρολος Κουν) (September 13, 1908-February 14, 1987) was a Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays.

He had been praised all over Europe for his bawdy, colorful stagings of Aristophanes' fifth century BC political comedies.

In 1942, during the Nazi occupation of Greece, he founded the experimental Art Theater. He gave premieres in Athens of works by avant-garde European playwrights such as Bertolt Brecht and Luigi Pirandello.

In 1962 Koun's production of The Birds by Aristophanes won first prize at an international festival at Paris.

He died on February 14, 1987, after suffering a heart attack, at the age of 78.