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Vangelis Raptopoulos (Greek: Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος) (born 1959, Athens, Greece) is a Greek novelist. His first work In Pieces was published in 1979, at the age of 20. From 1980 to 1981 he lived in Sweden and in 1984 spent a half-year in the United States on an International Writing Program scholarship.
His first two books have been adapted for the television,[1][2][3][4] while The Bachelor was brought to the screen[5] and became a major box-office hit (more than 150.000 viewers). The Cicadas came out in English[6] and The Incredible Story of Pope Joan in Italian.[7] He has published more than 20 books.
He has worked as a consultant in Greek publishing houses, a scenario consultant on various television channels, a newspaper columnist,[8][9] a screenwriter, a producer and speaker on radio programs. His personal archive has been donated to the Gennadius Library.[10]
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 γενιά μου: Κομματάκια, Διόδια, Τα τζιτζίκια (My Generation: In Pieces, Toll Post, The Cicadas), 2003
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
External links
Official web page (Greek) and (English)
His books at Kedros Publishers
His books at Ikaros Publishers
His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)
Vangelis Raptopoulos on IMDb
His archive at the Genadium Library (Greek) and (English)
Video-interview (2-10-11)
Video-interview (1-2-12)
"Toll Post", TV series, 1st episode
"Toll Post", TV series, 2nd episode
"Toll Post", TV series, 3d episode
"Toll Post", TV series, 4th episode
Notes
http://www.ert-archives.gr/V3/public/main/page-assetview.aspx?tid=68360&autostart=0
"Δημόσια Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση - Αρχείο". Ert-archives.gr. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
http://www.ert-archives.gr/V3/public/main/page-assetview.aspx?tid=68369&tsz=0&act=mMainView
http://www.ert-archives.gr/V3/public/main/page-assetview.aspx?tid=68371&tsz=0&act=mMainView
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123059/
"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.
"Στη ρωγμή του χρόνου | Έντυπη Έκδοση | Έντυπη Έκδοση Ελευθεροτυπίας". Enet.gr. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
http://www.athensvoice.gr/the-paper/article/315/πέντε-γράμματα-του-νίκου-νικολαΐδη
"Το αρχείο του Βαγγέλη Ραπτόπουλου στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη". Us2.campaign-archive2.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
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