Vangelis Raptopoulos
Vangelis Raptopoulos | |
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| Born | 1959 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Period | 1979– |
| Genre | male |
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Vangelis Raptopoulos[1] [Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος] (born 1959, Athens, Greece) is a Greek novelist and considered a part of the "1980s generation".[2]
His first work In Pieces was published in 1979, at the age of 20.[2] His first two books have been adapted for the television,[3] Loula, Black Wedding and The Invention of Reality have been adapted for the theater, while The Bachelor was brought to the screen.[4][5] The Cicadas came out in English[6] and The Incredible Story of Pope Joan in Italian.[7] He has published around 30 books.
He has worked as a consultant in Greek publishing houses, a scenario consultant on various television channels, a newspaper columnist, a screenwriter, a producer and speaker on radio programs;[citation needed] he teaches in the creative writing seminar of the Hellenic Open University as an adjunct lecturer. His personal archive has been donated to the Gennadius Library.[8]
Works
- Κομματάκια (In Pieces), 1979
- Διόδια (Toll Post), 1982
- Τα τζιτζίκια (The Cicadas), 1985
- Η αυτοκρατορική μνήμη του αίματος (The Imperial Memory of Blood), 1992
- Ο εργένης (The Bachelor), 1993
- Έμμονες ιδέες (Obsessions), 1995
- Λούλα (Loula), 1997
- Το παιχνίδι (The Game), 1998
- Βαθύς και λυπημένος, όπως κι εσύ (Sad and Deep As You), 1999
- Η απίστευτη ιστορία της Πάπισσας Ιωάννας (The Incredible Story of Pope Joan), 2000
- Μαύρος γάμος (Black Wedding), 2001
- Ακούει ο Σημίτης Μητροπάνο; (Does Simitis Listen to Mitropanos?), 2001
- Η δική μου Αμερική (My Own America), 2002
- Η επινόηση της πραγματικότητας (The Invention of Reality), 2003
- Χάσαμε τον Μπαμπά (We Lost Dad), 2005
- Λίγη ιστορία της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας (A Bit of History of Modern Greek Literature), 2005
- Φίλοι (Friends), 2006
- Αρχαία συνταγή: Ηρόδοτος, Ηράκλειτος, Λουκιανός (Ancient Recipe: Herodotus, Heraklitus, Lucian), 2006
- Η μεγάλη άμμος (The Great Sand), 2007
- Απέραντα άδειο σπίτι (Endlessly Empty House), 2009
- Ιστορίες της Λίμνης: Το παιχνίδι, Βαθύς και λυπημένος όπως κι εσύ, Απέραντα άδειο σπίτι (Τales of Limni: The Game, Sad and Deep As You, Endlessly Empty House), 2011
- Η υψηλή τέχνη της αποτυχίας (The High Art of Failure), 2012
- Η πιο κρυφή πληγή (The Most Secret Wound), 2012
- Το ασανσέρ (The Elevator), 2014
- Μοιρολα3 (F8alism), 2014
- Λεσβία (Lesbian), 2016
- Ο άνθρωπος που έκαψε την Ελλάδα (The Man Who Burned Down Greece), 2018
See also
References
- ^ "About Vangelis Raptopoulos". December 5, 2009.
- ^ a b Vogeikoff-Brogan, Natalia (25 September 2012). "Author Vangelis Raptopoulos Donates His Papers to the Gennadius Library". American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "You searched for ΔΙΟΔΙΑ".
- ^ "The Bachelor" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "My Veoh". www.veoh.com.
- ^ "The Cicadas: Amazon.co.uk: Vangelis Raptopoulos: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "Collana Aristea - voll. 26-30". Crocettieditore.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ Smali, Maria (14 November 2013). "Author Vangelis Raptopoulos at the Gennadius Library". American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
