Foreign Rights Guide 2020-2021

Vasia Tzanakari was born in 1980. She studied English in Thessaloniki and has a Master in Translation. Her first work, Eleven little murders: Stories inspired by Nick Cave’s songs (also published by Metaichmio) was nominated for the Newcomer writer award by Diavazo literary magazine. Her translation of A room of one’s own by Virginia Woolf won the Award of the Greek Literary Translators Society. Adelfiko (2020) ABOUT THE BOOK In a small village called Adelfiko, two people are about to meet: George Melissinos, a surgeon trying to come to terms with losing a patient; and Maro, copy editor and single mother, returning to her ancestral home after her city apartment was destroyed in a fire. This is a novel about places, memories, regrets, with a 90’s nostalgic atmosphere. GREEK FICTION 34 Giorgos Sybardis was born in 1945. He studied Law and Film Directing at Athens and London. His debut in fiction came in 1987 with his critically acclaimed novella Medium . In 2013 he was awarded the C. P. Cavafy International Award for Literature. Notable works: A Pledge of Marriage , novel (2011) • 2012 State Novel Award, 2012 Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation Award by the Academy of Athens, 2011 Klepsidra Magazine Literary Award Older women , novella (2015) Brothers (2018) • 2019 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, two brothers will follow very different paths towards maturity. Two boys united by blood, feud and an undeclared war between them. Focusing on a different kind of civil war in post-war Greece, this is a unique coming of age novel, that delves deep into an era and a social class that are seldom analyzed like this in modern literature. Kostas Katsoularis was born in 1968. He studied Finance, Film and Literature. He has pub- lished seven novels and numerous short stories. His novella The man who loved my wife has been translated into Turkish, his novella Dead dog at midnight into English, Spanish and Hebrew. His short story collection Night electricity was awarded the 2015 Petros Harris Foundation by the Academy of Athens. A copper heart (2018) ABOUT THE BOOK Athens, 2013. Amid the economic crisis and the social unrest, a high school teacher becomes overly upset with his most charismatic student's failure to attend school. Teacher and student had a unique relationship based on their mutual love for Homer’s Iliad and their shared view of the world, and he seems to be the only one concerned about the kid’s disappearance. Where does personal trauma end and collective trauma start?