Giorgos CHeimonas

Giorgos Chimonas (1938-2000) was born in Kavala. He spent his childhood in Thessaloniki. In 1962, he permanently moved with his family to Athens. He studied medicine at the Universities of Thessaloniki, Athens, and Paris. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1960 with his narrative "Peisistratos," published in Thessaloniki, which won the Literary Award of the Municipality of Thessaloniki. He also published the prose works: "The Excursion" (1964), "Novel" (1966), "Doctor Ineotis" (1971), "The Wedding" (1974), "The Brother" (1975), "The Builders" (1979), "My Travels" (1984), "The Poet's Enemy" (1990). His essays include: "6 Lessons on Logos" (1984), "Seventh Lesson on Logos: Logos, Time, and the Symbol" (1984), "The Melancholy Renaissance: Eighth Lesson on Logos" (1987), "The Dreams of Insomnia" (1994), "Ninth Lesson on Logos" (2001). He also translated Sophocles' "Electra," Euripides' "The Bacchae," "Medea," and "Orestes," as well as Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "Macbeth." He wrote the libretto for the opera "Pylades," which was staged at the Athens Concert Hall, directed and designed by Dionysis Fotopoulos, with music by Giorgos Kouroupos. He passed away in Paris, where he spent the last years of his life, on February 27, 2000.