Background
Korovesis was born in Argostoli, Kefalonia, in 1941.
Korovesis was born in Argostoli, Kefalonia, in 1941.
He studied theatre with Dimitris Rontiris and Semiotics with Roland Barthes. He also attended some classes of Pierre Vidal-Naquet in Paris.
From an early age, Korovesis participated actively in the democratic movement. During the military junta (1967–1974) he was arrested, imprisoned and exiled. His first book, The Method: A Personal Account of the Tortures in Greece (Anthropofylakes in Greek), is a personal account of the tortures that he experienced at the police headquarters in Bouboulinas Street at the time of the Colonels" military junta.
Parliamentary and social activities
He failed to be re-elected Member of Parliament in 2009 elections.
He is an advocate of human rights, immigrants, environmental issues and Greek diaspora. Personal life
Korovesis has a son.
Korovesis" story was a significant testimony for the Amnesty International and the Council of Europe in order to file charges against the regime of the colonels for the appalling treatment of political prisoners. Korovesis was an elected Member of Parliament with the left-wing party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) in the 2007 Greek legislative election for the Athens A constituency.