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Thanassis Valtinos

Biography

Thanassis Valtinos was born Athanasios Spanos in 1932 inKastri, Kynouria. The family moved around during the years of occupation and the civil war. He attended courses at the Political Science department of the Pantheon, at the philosophy school of the University of Athens and at a cinema school. He later travelled to Germany, the UK and the USA. His first published writing was a short story . He then translated various works from Ancient Greek. As well as stories and novels he also wrote for the theatre and cinema. He won many prizes for his screenplays and books. Several of his works have been translated into English, French and German. He died in 2024

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(Only works published in English)

1985 Μπλε βαθύ σχεδόν μαύρο (Deep Blue Almost Black: Selected Fiction)
1989>Στοιχεία για τη δεκαετία του ’60 (Data from the Decade of the Sixties)
1994 Ορθοκωστά (Orthokostá)
2021Thanassis Valtinos : Early Works
2022 Νέα Σελήνη: Ημέρα Πρώτη (New Moon, Day One)