Alexis Panselinos


Alexis Panselinos is a Greek novelist and translator. He is the son of Assimakis Panselinos an author and poet and Ephie Pliatsika-Panselinos also a poet and a novelist. He read Law at the University of Athens and worked as a practicing lawyer. He is a resident of Athens, married to novelist Lucy Dervis. His first book, a collection of four stories, appeared in 1982. In 1986 he published his first novel, 'The Great Procession" which obtained a Novel State Prize. In 1997 he was the Greek candidate for the European Literary Award with his third novel, 'Zaida or the Camel in the Snow'. Many of his books have been translated into French, Italian, German, English, Romanian and Polish. Panselinos has also translated novels from English and German.

Works

Novels

  • Η Μεγάλη Πομπή, 1985
  • Βραδυές μπαλέτου, 1991
  • Ζαΐδα ή Η καμήλα στα χιόνια, 1996
  • Ο Κουτσός άγγελος, 2002
  • Σκοτεινές επιγραφές, 2011
  • Η κρυφή πόρτα, 2016
  • Ελαφρά ελληνικά τραγούδια, 2018
  • Λάδι σε καμβά, 2022
  • Ξεχασμενες λέξεις, 20025

Short fiction

  • Ιστορίες με σκύλους, 1982
  • Τέσσερις Ελληνικοί Φόνοι 2004

Non-fiction

  • Δοκιμαστικές πτήσεις, 1993
  • Mία λέξη χίλιες εικόνες, 2004
  • Σεμινάρια δημιουργικής γραφής, 2017

Translated works

  • Betsy Lost Kedros Publications, Athens
  • La Grande Procession Les Editions du Griot, Paris
  • La Grande processione Crocetti Editore, Milano
  • Zaide ou Le chameau dans la neige Gallimard, Paris
  • Zaide oder das Kammel in der Schnee Berlin Verlag, Berlin
  • Zaida Crocetti Editore, Milano
  • Tajemnicze inskrypcje Kziazkowe Klimaty, Wroclaw
  • The Lame Angel Recital Publishing, Woodstock NY, USA
  • Ușa secretă Editura Omonia, Bucharest

Translations

Awards