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Isidoros Zourgos

Ισίδωρος Ζουργός

Born 1964 · Greece

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Books on prize lists

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    Greek State Prize 2020 · Shortlist

    Οι ρετσίνες του βασιλιά

    Oi retsines tou vasilia

    Title translated by AI:“The King's Retsinas”

    Isidoros Zourgos · 55 when first published

    Novel · 456 pages · Family, Migration

    AI-generated summary:One autumn afternoon an old man turns up in a Greek village, recognised by some as the one who inspected the works at the tower at the top of the hill; a year of family stories unfolds in a country hit by unemployment.

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    Greek State Prize 2012 · Shortlist

    Ανεμώλια

    Anemolia

    Title translated by AI:“Words of the Wind”

    Isidoros Zourgos · 47 when first published

    Novel · 458 pages

    AI-generated summary:A group of men who have been friends since childhood run away on a sailing boat at the start of summer, leaving their old lives behind for good.