Ioanna Karystiani

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• Κορνιζωμένοι

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  Greek State Prize 2025 · Shortlist

  Κορνιζωμένοι

  Kornizomenoi

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Framed”

  Ioanna Karystiani · 72 when first published

  Novel · 288 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:In Krania, a provincial town so quiet that some call it Lucky, frame-maker Stelios Spougias, whose wife left him for a scientist, stays put with his framing shop for the sake of his only son, Chronis.

• Τα σακιά

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  Greek State Prize 2011 · Shortlist

  Back to Delphi

  Τα σακιά · Ta sakia

  Ioanna Karystiani · 58 when first published

  Novel · 320 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Vivi Choleva, who earns her living caring for elderly people in their homes, takes her son Linos, who has strayed onto dark paths, on a five-day trip to Delphi.

• Σουέλ

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  Greek State Prize 2007 · ★ Winner

  Swell

  Σουέλ · Souel

  Ioanna Karystiani · 54 when first published

  Novel · 272 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:For twelve years a seaman has kept away from his wife and children and from the shore; the ship Athos III is now where he lives, alone with his memories, his secrets and the slow heave of the ocean.