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Alexis Panselinos

Αλέξης Πανσέληνος

Born 1943 · Greece

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Greek State Prize 2023 · Shortlist

    Λάδι σε καμβά

    Ladi se kamva

    Title translated by AI:“Oil on Canvas”

    Alexis Panselinos · 79 when first published

    Novel · 224 pages · Coming of age, Politics

    AI-generated summary:In the summer of 1966 Spyros, a student at the School of Fine Arts, spends his holidays as a guest of a painter's family on an island; soon after, April 1967 changes everything in his life.

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    Greek State Prize 2019 · Shortlist

    Ελαφρά ελληνικά τραγούδια

    Elafra ellinika tragoudia

    Title translated by AI:“Light Greek Songs”

    Alexis Panselinos · 75 when first published

    Novel · 328 pages · Historical, Love, Politics

    AI-generated summary:In the Athens of 1950, doomed love affairs and political conspiracies, light popular songs, executions and beauty pageants come back to life as the city recovers from a war that left it bleeding.

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    Greek State Prize 2012 · Shortlist

    Σκοτεινές επιγραφές

    Skoteines epigrafes

    Title translated by AI:“Dark Inscriptions”

    Alexis Panselinos · 68 when first published

    Novel · 543 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:An amateur painter notices a mysterious slogan sprayed high on a city-centre wall and pins on it his hope of winning back the woman he has lost.