Michalis Fakinos

Michalis Fakinos
Born	1940 Athens, Greece
Occupation	writer, journalist
Nationality	Greek
Period	1983–

Michalis Fakinos (Greek: Μιχάλης Φακίνος) (b. 1940, Athens, Greece) is an acclaimed Greek writer. He was a journalist for the major Greek newspaper Ta Nea from 1961 to 2000 and he taught journalism at the Panteion University (1999-2000). Some of his works have been translated into French, German and Dutch.

Works

Novels

• Βυζαντινή Περίπολος (Byzantine Patrol), 1988
• Ως φαίνεται η γιαγιά κοιμάται ακόμη (As it seems, the grandmother is still asleep), 1991
• Η Ιουλιέτα αγαπά τα ροδάκινα (Juliet likes peaches), 1994
• Το τελευταίο μυθιστόρημα του 20ου αιώνα (The last novel of the 20th century), 1999
• Η επικάλυψη δεν είναι σοκολάτα (The topping isn't chocolate), 2002
• Αμερικάνικη κραυγή (American scream), 2005

Short stories

• Οι κωπηλάτες (The oarsmen), (1983)
• Ο Ιωσήφ εξαφανίζεται (Joseph disappears), 1984
• Όμηρος Μπαρ (Bar "Homer"), 1997

Theater

• Ματ (Check Mate), 1985
• Waiting for Beckett, 2000

External links

• Selected lyrics
• His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)