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Vassilis Alexakis (Greek: Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; born Athens, December 12, 1943) is a Greek-French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.
Biography
Alexakis, the son of actor Yannis Alexakis, was born in Greece. He first came to France in 1961 to study journalism at the university in Lille and returned to Greece in 1964. Because of the military junta he went into exile to Paris in 1968 and stayed. Today he spends most of his time in Paris but also travels regularly to Greece.[1] In his literary work he continues to draw from both Greek and French culture. In 1974 he published his first book Le Sandwich, written in French. The first book directly written in Greek was Talgo, published in 1981. By writing Talgo and later on La langue maternelle directly in Greek, he wanted to prove himself that he was still able to write in his mother tongue.[2] He self-translated Talgo into French and since then he writes each book in French and Greek.[3] In darkly humorous prose, he combines autobiography, history, fantasy, and suspense.[4] In 2006, Les mots étrangers was translated by Alyson Waters and published under the title Foreign Words; this was the first of his novels to be translated into English. In 2005, he received the he prestigious Prix Médicis for La langue maternelle. In 2007, he received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Ap. J.-C.[5]
Works in French
1974: Le Sandwich. Paris: Julliard.
1975: Les Girls de City-Boum-Boum. Paris: Julliard.
1978: La Tête du chat. Paris: Le Seuil.
1978: Mon amour! Città Armoniosa.
1985: Contrôle d’Identité. Paris: Le Seuil.
1987: Le fils de King Kong. Geneva: Les Yeux ouverts.
1989: Paris-Athènes. Paris: Le Seuil.
1992: Avant. Paris: Le Seuil. (Prix Albert Camus, Prix Charles-Exbrayat, Prix Alexandre-Vialatte)
1995: La lange maternelle. Paris: Fayard. (self-translation of Η Μητρική γλώσσα)
1997: Papa. Paris: Fayard. (Erzählung, Prix de la Nouvelle de l’Académie française)
1997: L’invention du baiser. Geneva: Nomades.
1999: Le colin d’Alaska
2002: Les mots étrangers. Paris: Stock. Translated into English by Alison Waters as Foreign Words
2005: Je t’oublierai tous les jours. Paris: Stock.
2007: Ap. J.-C. Paris: Stock. (Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française)
2010: Le premier mot Paris: Stock.
2012: L'enfant grec. Paris: Stock.
Works in Greek
1980: Tάλγκο. Athenes: Exantas.
1995: Η Μητρική γλώσσα
1999: Η καρδιά
Books on Vassilis Alexakis
Bessy, Marianne (2011): Vassilis Alexakis: Exorciser L'exil. Rodopi.
References
^ "Recueno, Maria (2010): Vassilis Alexakis' Language. The Confusion between Language and Identity.". Retrieved 03 August 2011.
^ "Kantcheff, Christophe (1995): Vassilis Alexakis. Croquis d'un Grec. In: Le Matricule des anges 14.". Retrieved 03 August 2011.
^ "Bessy, Marianne (2011): Vassilis Alexakis: Exorciser L'exil. Rodopi.". Retrieved 03 August 2011.
^ "Vassilis Alexakis: Ecrivain et dessinateur grec". Evene. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
^ "France Info (2007): Vassilis Alexakis reçoit le grand prix du roman de l'académie". Retrieved 03 August 2011.
External links
Unofficial website of Vassilis Alexakis : "Paris-Athènes" (in French)
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