Alexis Panselinos
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Alexis Panselinos (b. 1943, Athens
, Greece
) is an award winning Greek
novelist and translator. He read Law
at the University of Athens and worked as a practicing lawyer
. Panselinos was awarded the 2nd State Prize Award in 1985 for his novel Η Μεγάλη Πομπή.
His father, Asimakis Panselinos (1903-1984), was a renowned author as well.
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
) is an award winning Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
novelist and translator. He read Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
at the University of Athens and worked as a practicing lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
. Panselinos was awarded the 2nd State Prize Award in 1985 for his novel Η Μεγάλη Πομπή.
His father, Asimakis Panselinos (1903-1984), was a renowned author as well.
Novels
- Η Μεγάλη Πομπή (The Great Procession), 1985
- Βραδυές μπαλέτου (Ballet nights), 1991
- Ζαΐδα ή Η καμήλα στα χιόνια (Zaide or The camel in the snow), 1996
- Ο Κουτσός άγγελος (The Lame Angel), 2002
Short fiction
- Ιστορίες με σκύλους (Dog stories), 1982
- Τέσσερις Ελληνικοί Φόνοι (Four Greek Murders) 2004
Non-fiction
- Δοκιμαστικές πτήσεις (Test flights), 1993
- Mία λέξη χίλιες εικόνες (One Word A Thousand Pictures), 2004
Translations
- Hope, AnthonyAnthony HopeSir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope , was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau...
, Ο αιχμάλωτος της Ζέντας (The Prisoner of ZendaThe Prisoner of ZendaThe Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend his own coronation. Political forces are such that in order for the king to retain his crown his...
), 1988 - Mörike, EduardEduard MörikeEduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet.-Biography:Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike , a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer...
,Ο Μότσαρτ στον δρόμο για την Πράγα (Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag), 1996 - Barth, JohnJohn BarthJohn Simmons Barth is an American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work.-Life:...
, Ο Βλακοχορτοφάγος (The Sot-Weed FactorThe Sot-Weed FactorThe Sot-Weed Factor is a 1960 novel by the American writer John Barth, which marks Barth's discovery of Postmodernism.-Plot:The novel is a satirical epic of the colonization of Maryland based on the life of an actual poet, Ebenezer Cooke, who wrote a poem of the same title...
), 1999