Nicos Poulantzas was born in Athens in 1936 and died in Paris in 1979. His other published works include "Political Power and Social Classes," "Classes in Contemporary Capitalism," "Fascism and Dictatorship" and "State, Power, Socialism."
A translator from Romanian, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, Patrick Camiller has translated many works, including Dumitru Tsepeneag's "Vain Art of the Fugue," "The Necessary Marriage," and "Hotel Europa."