Alexis Panselinos

Alexis Panselinos
Born	1943 Athens, Greece
Occupation	novelist
Nationality	Greek
Period	1982–

Alexis Panselinos (Greek: Αλέξης Πανσέληνος) (born 1943 in Athens, Greece) is an award winning Greek novelist and translator. He read Law at the University of Athens and worked as a practicing lawyer. Panselinos was awarded the 2nd State Prize Award in 1985 for his novel Η Μεγάλη Πομπή.

His father, Asimakis Panselinos (1903-1984),^[1] was a renowned author as well.

Works

Novels

• Η Μεγάλη Πομπή (The Great Procession), 1985
• Βραδυές μπαλέτου (Ballet nights), 1991
• Ζαΐδα ή Η καμήλα στα χιόνια (Zaide or The camel in the snow), 1996
• Ο Κουτσός άγγελος (The Lame Angel), 2002

Short fiction

• Ιστορίες με σκύλους (Dog stories), 1982
• Τέσσερις Ελληνικοί Φόνοι (Four Greek Murders) 2004

Non-fiction

• Δοκιμαστικές πτήσεις (Test flights), 1993
• Mία λέξη χίλιες εικόνες (One Word A Thousand Pictures), 2004

Translations

• Hope, Anthony, Ο αιχμάλωτος της Ζέντας (The Prisoner of Zenda), 1988
• Mörike, Eduard,Ο Μότσαρτ στον δρόμο για την Πράγα (Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag), 1996
• Barth, John, Ο Βλακοχορτοφάγος (The Sot-Weed Factor), 1999

External links

• A page dedicated to his work (Greek) (Archived 2009-10-25) and (English) (Archived 2009-10-25).
• His entry for the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair (Greek)
• His page at Ithaca Online
• His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek) and (English)

Notes

1. http://www.kedros.gr/main.php?manufacturers_id=237 (Greek)