CHristos S. Samouilidis

Christos Samouilidis was born in 1927 in Kilkis. In 1946, he completed high school and entered the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Thessaloniki. He graduated in 1952 and worked as a teacher at the Gymnasium of Kassandra, Chalkidiki, from 1953 to 1954. In 1955, he was hired by the Center for Asia Minor Studies, where he worked until 1970. During his fifteen years of service, he collected 14,000 pages of folklore and historical material from the testimonies of refugees for the foundation of Mrs. Merlier. From 1970 to 1978, he worked as a philologist at the Moraitis School. In 1980, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Ioannina. His published works to date include: Poetry: 1. "Trials," Athens, 1957 (under the pseudonym Chr. Varenetis). 2. "Dizziness," Athens, 1958. 3. "Amphilyki," Athens, 1959. 4. "The Pedestal of the Cloud," Athens, 1962. 5. "Wet Signals," Athens, 1963. 6. "Survival," Athens, 1974 (included in the complete edition: "Poems 1957-1974," Diogenes, 1974). Prose: 1. "Karamanlides," novel, 1st edition Fexis, 1965, 2nd edition Estia, 1980, 3rd edition Estia, 1999, awarded by the "Union of Smyrnians." 2. "Black Sea," Chronicle of the Tragedy of Pontus, 1st edition Iolkos, 1970, 2nd edition Estia, 1976, 3rd edition Estia 1994, awarded by the Pontian Association "Argonauts - Komninoi." 3. "Acritic Generation," novel, 1st edition Dodoni, 1972, 2nd edition Afoi Kyriakidi, Thessaloniki 1993, awarded by the Academy of Athens, 3rd edition A. A. Livani Publications, Athens 1999. 4. "Beyond in the East," short stories, Iolkos, 1979, 2nd State Short Story Award. 5. "Journey to Pontus," travelogue, 1st edition Diogenes, 1979, 2nd edition Afoi Kyriakidi, Thessaloniki 1989, awarded the "Friendship and Peace Abdi Ipekci" prize. 6. "Harsh Stories," short stories, Iolkos, 1980. 7. "Heptapyrgion," novel, Difros, Athens 1983. 8. "City of the North," novel, Filippotis, Athens 1984. 9. "Socialist Germany," travelogue, Difros, Athens 1985. 10. "Devil's Island," novel, Filippotis, Athens 1986. 11. "In the Five Winds of the Caucasus," novel, 1st edition Govostis, Athens 1987, 2nd edition Paratiritis, Thessaloniki 1991, 3rd edition A. A. Livani Publications, Athens 2001. 12. "The Chronicle of Kars," Govostis, Athens 1988, State Award. 13. "Byzantine Vespers. In the Thessaloniki of the Zealots," novel, A. A. Livani Publications, Athens 1996. 14. "Mithridates the Great," novel, A. A. Livani Publications, Athens 1998. Theater: 1. "Ten One-Act Plays" (The Hero of the Apartment Building. The Empty Circle. The Guilty. Three Parallel Monologues. The Males. The Manuscripts. The Doves. The Dog of the Expatriate. The Altruist. The Dream), Diogenes, 1976. 2. "Three Plays" (The Wednesday Salon. The Director. Nine Deserted Voices), Diogenes, 1977. 3. "Two Plays" (Midas and the Gold. Mr. Tapetos), Diogenes, 1978. (The one-act play The Empty Circle was performed by the Experimental Theater of M. Rialdi, the three-act Nine Deserted Voices and the one-act The Guilty were performed by the New Stage of the State Theater of Northern Greece in 1972 and 1974 respectively, and the one-act plays The Males and The Manuscripts by the New Stage of the National Theater). 4. "Electra by Euripides," translation, Govostis, Athens 1990. Performed by the Thessalian Theater. 5. "The Pyttine of Cratinus," restoration, Govostis, Athens 1991. 6. "The Demes of Eupolis," restoration, Delfini, Athens 1994. Studies: 1. "Amisos - Samsun," Pontus Archive, vol. 27, Athens 1965. 2. "Momogeroi," theater, vol. 33, Athens 1973. The Folk Traditional Theater of Pontus, (doctoral dissertation), Athens 1980. 2nd edition Kyriakidis Brothers, Thessaloniki 1991. 4. "The Region of Samsun," Pontus Archive, vol. 37, Athens 1981. 5. Men. Lountemis, Iolkos, Athens 1981. 6. "Cappadocian Customs and Beliefs about Death and Life," Asia Minor Chronicles vol. 17, Athens 1981. 7. "Vocabulary of the Dialect of Nicopolis, Pontus," Asia Minor Chronicles vol. 17, Athens 1981. 8. History of Pontic Hellenism, 1st edition Alkyon, Athens 1985, 2nd edition Kyriakidis Brothers, Thessaloniki 1991. Translations: 1. Electra by Euripides, Govostis, Athens 1990. 2. Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides, unpublished. 3. Hippolytus by Euripides, unpublished. 4. Andromache by Euripides, unpublished. 5. The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, unpublished. 6. The Just Assassins by A. Camus, unpublished.