Giorgis Exarchos

Giorgis Exarchos was born in Kalochori, Larissa, in 1952. He graduated from the six-grade Gymnasium of Sykourio in 1970, earned a degree from the Economics Department of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) in 1975, and obtained a Ph.D. in Economic Sciences from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE) in 1980. He has been involved in literature and creative writing since his teenage years. His first book was published in 1985, and to date, he has published over forty books, including poetry, fairy tales, folklore, ethnological and historical studies, anthropological research, economic treatises, translations, and more. He has collaborated with magazines such as Agonistis, Defi, Riga, Travelers, Schedia, Romantso, Ichneftis, Diavazo, Stigmes, Scholiastis, Photographer, Epsilon, Laiko Tragoudi, Erevna, Economic Review, Tourism Topics, Epta Imeres, among others. Additionally, he worked with the B', C', and D' Programs of the Hellenic Radio of ERT SA (1986-1991) as a producer of ethnological, ecological, musical, and cultural broadcasts, and with Athenian newspapers such as Exormisi, Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia and Eleftherotypia, Proti, Kathimerini, Avgi, Naftemporiki, and Macedonia of Thessaloniki, as well as with Paneyvoikon Vima Chalkidas, Eleftheria Larissas, Eleftheria of Serres, among others, as an external collaborator. He was the scientific supervisor and screenwriter of the documentary "Douka 'n Kali - On the Road" (1987), produced by the Ministry of Culture, and his text was the basis for the ERT documentary on the life of folk clarinetist Vaios Malliaras (1989). His book "Brothers Manakia" (Gavriilidis 1991) inspired the script for the Cannes Festival award-winning film "Ulysses' Gaze," directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos. His lyrics feature in the folk song of the multi-award-winning film "A Hero in Rome" by Panos Angelopoulos. He has participated as a speaker or delegate in numerous scientific international and national conferences both in Greece and abroad and is a member of scientific committees of "anonymous reviewers" for scientific journals. He has served as a consultant, collaborator, or scientific staff (meeting the requirements of existing legislation) for the political leadership of the Ministries: YBET (1982), YXOP (1982-1984), Industry (1986-1987), Agriculture (1995-2000), and YPECHODE (2000-2003). He taught as an adjunct professor of economics at the TEI of Chalkida (1991-1994), as a scientific associate at the A-TEI of Crete (2003-2006), and since November 2006, he has been a regular assistant professor at the A-TEI of Serres. Some of his recent works include historical-ethnological studies: "These are the Vlachs" (Gavriilidis 1994, preface by Serafeim Fyntanidis), "These are the Gypsies" (Gavriilidis 1996, Nefeli 2007), the CD-ROM "Brothers Manakia - Pioneers of Image in the Balkans" (Kastaniotis, 1997), "Classical Japanese Poetry," in collaboration with Eleni I. Ioannidou (Kastaniotis, 1998 - Award of the Hellenic Society of Literary Translators), "Rigas Velestinlis" (Kastaniotis, 1998), the two-volume work "The Helleno-Vlachs-Armanians" (Kastaniotis, 2001), "The Authentic Text and the True Author of the Work 'Monograph on Vlachs or Koutsovlachs'" (Chalkida 2002), "Pountea di Arta - The Bridge of Arta" (Skala, Larissa 2002), "Foreign Travelers on the Vlachs - 1. Francophones 1550-1980" (Erodios, Thessaloniki 2004), "Foreign Travelers on the Vlachs - 2." Anglophones 1160-2000 (Erodios, Thessaloniki 2005), Sarakatsani - Unknown and Rare Sources for Their Life and History 1850-2000, Volume I (Odysseas 2005), Solomon: "Song of Songs" (Bibliovardia, Thessaloniki 2008), Armanoi [Vlachs] - History, Language, Destiny (Dion, Thessaloniki 2011), Aristophanes: "Plutus" (Bibliovardia, Thessaloniki 2011). Economic and other treatises-studies: Paths of Development - Introduction to the Topic, Theories, Policies, Strategies, Programs (Gavriilidis, Athens 1992), Private Economics - Economic Action Planning for Businesses - Examples: Agricultural Enterprises, Tourism Businesses (Lychnos, Athens 1993 and 2nd edition: Anikoula, Thessaloniki 2008, Government Gazette 2136 B’ /15-10-2008), The Texts of the GATT Agreements - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Diavlos, Athens 1995, Government Gazette 871 B’ /12-7-2002), Agrotourism - Lever for Rural Development (Crete Development Company, Thessaloniki 2004, Government Gazette 604 B’ /5-5-2005), Crete - The Safest Tourist Refuge and Main Attraction in Southern Europe (Heraklion 2004), Tourism - Tourism Economy, Development, Policy (Crete Development Company, Heraklion 2006, Government Gazette 19B’ /14-1-2008), The Science of Journalism and the Art of Reporting - Journalistic "Co-Texts" (Erodios, Thessaloniki 2007), Ownership is Part of the Economy. Without the Necessary, Neither Living Nor Living Well is Possible. - Twelve Presentations (Diavlos, Athens 2011). Six of the aforementioned works were or are distributed in Higher Education Institutions in our country. The published articles in scientific journals or volumes of scientific conference proceedings are mostly included in the bibliographic tables of the aforementioned books. The citations, in scientific and generally in literary, journalistic, etc., works, exceed 600, which certifies its wide impact on the scientific community and the reading public.