Nikos A. Mantis

Nikos Lambropoulos, known by his pen name Nikos A. Mandis, was born in Athens, where he currently lives and works. He studied law and has been involved in theater. His first poetry collection was "The Eye of the Flower." Under the pseudonym Nikos A. Mandis, he published the short story collection "Pseudonym" (2006), as well as two novels, "The Snow of Summer" (2010) and "Wild Acropolis" (2013), all published by Kastaniotis Editions. He has translated from English works such as William Beckford's "Vathek" and Chinese author Yiyun Li's "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers." He has been honored with the novel award from the Academy of Athens (Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation) for his book "The Blind," and has twice received the novel award from the online magazine "O Anagnostis" for the books "The Blind" and "Wild Acropolis." Additionally, he was distinguished with The Athens Prize for Literature from the magazine (de)kata for the novel "Rock Paper Scissors."