68 GRAPHIC NOVELS Alki Zei (1925-2020), the legendary novelist, has shaped modern Greek literature and children’s fiction like no other. One of the most famous, multi-awarded and beloved contemporary Greek authors, she studied philosophy, drama and screenwriting. She lived an important part of her life as a political refugee in the Soviet Union and in Paris, until the reconstitution of the parliamentary republic in Greece in 1974. Her numerous awards and nominations include: • Children’s Literature Greek State Prize • Nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award • Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature • Italy’s Premio Andersen for Wildcat under glass • ALSC Mildred Batchelder for Wildcat under glass • Academy of Athens Award for her body of work • Decorated by the President of the Greek Republic with the Golden Cross of the Order of Honour • Commander of the Order of Arts & Letters by the French Ministry of Culture For more information on her life and work visit alkizei.com Georgia Zachari (1994) studied History of Art and in 2018 won the Greek Comics Award for Best New Artist. Stella Stergiou (1992) studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and now works as an illustrator in Belgium.
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