Makis Tsitas


Makis Tsitas is a Greek writer. He was born in Yiannitsa and went to university in Thessaloniki. He has published five books for adults and 32 books for children. His debut novel God Is My Witness was published in 2013, translated into 12 languages and won the EU Prize for Literature.
Short stories and books for children have been translated into many languages.
He lives in Athens.
WWW makistsitas.com

Background

Makis Tsiitas born in Yiannitsa and majored in Journalism and cooperated with several radio stations in Thessaloniki. As of 1994 he resides permanently in Athens and works in publishing. He has served as Senior Editor for the literary magazine Periplous, and was the Co-publisher and Director of the journal for the book Index. Ever since 2012 he has been directing Diastixo.gr, a website on books and culture. He is also a member of the Administrative Council of the . His literary works have been included in anthologies, published in magazines and newspapers, and translated into several European languages, including German, French, Spanish, English, Hebrew, Albanian, Swedish, Finnish, and Italian. Some of his works have also been staged and directed by Roula Pateraki, Tatiana Lygari, Ersi Vasilikioti, Sophia Karagianni, Taru Makela, Alexandru Mazgareanu and Maria Veselinova. His lyrics have been put to music by Giorgos Stavrianos, Takis Soukas, and Tatiana Zografou. He has published twenty books for children and three for adults. His novel God Is My Witness, has earned him the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature and honors by the Municipalities of Athens, Pella, and Edessa, the Central Public Library of Edessa, as well as the Region of Central Macedonia. God Is My Witness is already available in 12 European languages.

Books

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Awards and Honorary Events