THeodoros Grigoriadis

Theodoros Grigoriadis was born in Palaiochori Paggaio, in the Kavala region, in 1956. He studied English language and literature at the University of Thessaloniki. He entered the Greek literary scene in 1990 with the novel "Hidden People." This was followed by the short story collection "The Ancient Phallus" in 1991, and the novels "The Sailor" in 1993, "The Dancer in the Olive Grove" in 1996, "The Waters of the Peninsula" in 1998, "The Partali" in 2001, "Out of the Body" in 2003, "Alouza, One Thousand and One Lovers" in 2005, the short story collection "Maps" in 2007, the novella "Second Birth" in 2009, and the novels "The Wrestler and the Dervish" in 2010, "Elli's Secret" in 2012, "Border Life" in 2015 (State Novel Award, 2016), and "New City" in 2017. Between 1999 and 2003, he organized a series of literary seminars at the Public Central Library of Serres. "The Partali" was published in France in the spring of 2003 by AlterEdit and was presented as a theatrical monologue at the Athens Festival in 2011. "Second Birth" was staged as a theatrical monologue at the Athens and Kavala Festivals in 2009. The short story collection "Maps" was nominated for the Diavazo Award in 2007, and "The Wrestler and the Dervish" was nominated for the Athens Prize for Literature by the magazine "(de)kata," the State Novel Award in 2011, and the Readers' Award by the National Book Centre of Greece. The novel "Border Life" won the State Novel Award in 2016 (announced in 2017). His short stories have been translated into English and Dutch. The novel "Alouza, One Thousand and One Lovers" was translated into Arabic and published in Egypt, translated by Hamdi Ibrahim. He is a member of the Society of Authors, lives in Nea Smyrni, and teaches English in secondary education.