Foreign Rights Guide 2020-2021

GREEK FICTION Petros Tatsopoulos was born in 1959. He studied Finance and Political Science and worked as a social worker, journalist and TV anchor, among others. He is a prominent political figure, having been an MP from 2012 to 2014 and a representative to the Council of Europe. He has published more than 20 books and his work has been translated into English, German, Turkish and Czech. Notable works: The heart of the beast , novel (1994, 2014) • Made into a motion picture in 2005 / Germany: Dialogos Gratis copy , novel (2004) / Turkey: Bankas Kültür Yayınları Sisyphus on the balcony , children's book (2009) • 2009 Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation Award by the Academy of Athens The kindness of strangers , novel (2011) • Best seller / More than 100.000 copies sold A saddened lady (2018) Psychological thriller, black comedy, noir -and noir parody-, a parody of self help books… Petros Tatsopoulos combines all that into a riveting story about second chances. 35 Kostas Akrivos was born in 1958. He worked as a teacher in secondary education. A highly acclaimed author, he has published novels, short stories and anthologies. His short stories have been trans- lated into Italian and Dutch. Notable works: Pandemonium , novel (2007) • Shortlisted for the 2008 National Book Centre Readers' Award / Poland: Ksi ąż kowe Klimaty, Italy: Crocetti, German: Waldgut Verlag Remember Alfons? , novel (2010) • Shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Centre Readers' Award, and the 2011 Diavazo Magazine Novel Award / Germany: Größenwahn Verlag The Snake Sheds Its Skin , novel (2013) • Shortlisted for Klepsidra Magazine Literary Award The latest from Ithaca , novella (2016) • Shortlisted for the 2017 Anagnostis Short Story/Novella Award Milk of magnesia (2018) A tragic incident has a devastating effect on the lives of four teenagers, at a boarding school in the ’70s. Years later, they search for the truth: Can they trust own memories or will they have to rely on their friends’ versions, as painful as those may be? Takis Theodoropoulos was born in 1954. He studied Comparative Literature, Theatre and Greco-Roman anthropology in Paris. Publisher of the legendary cultural magazine To Tetarto with Manos Chatzidakis in the ’80s, he is a regular columnist for Kathimerini daily newspaper. His novels have been translated into French, Italian, Serbian, Turkish and Bulgarian. He is the recipient of the 1999 Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation Award by the Academy of Athens for his novel The Power of the Dark God and the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises médaille de vermeil by the Académie Française for his body of work translated into French. Notable works: Veronal , novel (2015) Xenophon’s novel (2013, 2017) Selana (Part 1 of the Parthenon’s novel trilogy) (2018) Parthenon is one of the holiest sites of modern civilization. But who were the ones that built it? Who was Ictinus? A mystery man, that left only his name and his architectural style… A man without biography, now has his own novel by one of the most prominent Greek authors. For rights inquiries, please contact Ms Katerina Fragkou of Iris Literary Agency.