Alexis Panselinos

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birth_date = 1943
birth_place = Athens, Greece
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occupation = novelist
nationality = Greek
period = 1982–
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Alexis Panselinos (Greek: Αλέξης Πανσέληνος) (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), [http://www.kedros.gr/main.php?manufacturers_id=237 (Greek)] was a renowned author as well.

Works

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

hort 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, Anthony, "Ο αιχμάλωτος της Ζέντας" (The Prisoner of Zenda), 1988
*Mörike, Eduard,"Ο Μότσαρτ στον δρόμο για την Πράγα" (Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag), 1996
*Barth, John, "Ο Βλακοχορτοφάγος" (The Sot-Weed Factor), 1999

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/alexis_panselinos/ A page dedicated to his work (Greek)] and [http://www.geocities.com/alexis_panselinos/english.html (English)]
* [http://www.greece2001.gr/writers/AlexisPanselinos.html His entry for the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair (Greek)]
* [http://www.ithacaonline.gr/052005/cv03.htm His page at Ithaca Online]
* [http://www.dedalus.gr/gr/author.asp?id=1 His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)] and [http://www.dedalus.gr/en/author.asp?id=1 (English)]

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