Vassilis Alexakis

Vassilis Alexakis ( _gr. Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; born Athens, December 12 1943) is a Greek-French writer of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.

His works, drawn from two cultures, are full of tender irony; his style gives the reader an intimate and personal perspective on his stories. In 2006, "Les mots étrangers" was translated by Alyson Waters; this was the first of his novels to be translated into English. In 2007, he received the "Grand prix du roman de l'Académie Française" for "Ap. J.-C."

In French

* 1974: "Le Sandwich". Paris: Julliard.
* 1975: "Les Girls de City-Boum-Boum". Paris: Julliard.
* 1978: "La Tête du chat". Paris: Le Seuil.
* 1978: "Mon amour!" Città Armoniosa.
* 1985: "Contrôle d’Identité". Paris: Le Seuil.
* 1987: "Le fils de King Kong". Geneva: Les Yeux ouverts.
* 1989: "Paris-Athènes". Paris: Le Seuil.
* 1992: "Avant". Paris: Le Seuil. (Prix Albert Camus, Prix Charles-Exbrayat, Prix Alexandre-Vialat)
* 1997: "Papa". Paris: Fayard. (Erzählung, Prix de la Nouvelle de l’Académie française)
* 1997: "L’invention du baiser". Geneva: Nomades.
* 1999: "Le colin d’Alaska"
* 2002: "Les mots étrangers". Paris: Stock.
* 2005: "Je t’oublierai tous les jours". Paris: Stock.
* 2007: "Ap. J.-C." Paris: Stock.

In Greek

* 1980: "Tάλγκο". Athenes: Exantas.
* 1995: "Η Μητρική γλώσσα"
* 1999: "Η καρδι&#x3A

External links

* [http://mapage.noos.fr/meloceane/vassilis.alexakis/ Unofficial website of Vassilis Alexakis : "Paris-Athènes" (in French)]