Giorgos Skampardonis

Born in Thessaloniki in 1953, the author studied French Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He worked in newspapers, radio, and television, wrote scripts for TV documentaries, and co-wrote the screenplay for Pantelis Voulgaris' film "Everything is Road." He directed the newspaper "Thessaloniki" and the magazines "Th-97" (Ipekci Award), "Tamarix," and "A Thousand Trees." He served as the director of the artistic magazine "Panselinos" of "Sunday Macedonia," which was honored with the European Newspaper Design Awards 2000. His short story collection "The Alley of Fabrics" received the State Short Story Award in 1993. He collaborated for two years with "Sunday Eleftherotypia." In 2010, he was awarded the Botsis Foundation Prize, and in 2012, he received the Academy of Athens' "Petros Haris" award for his book "Patrolling While Busy with Many Things" (Patakis Publishers). Works: - "Eye Phosphor, Strong Command," short stories. Thessaloniki, Ianos, 1989. Athens, Kastaniotis, 1992. - "The Crumb of Communion," short stories. Thessaloniki, Tram, 1990. - "The Alley of Fabrics," short stories. Athens, Kastaniotis, 1992. - "The General Embroiders Again," short stories. Athens, Kastaniotis, 1996. - "Edge Strip. The Crumb of Communion," short stories. Athens, Kastaniotis, 1998. - "Aging Successfully," novel, Athens, Kedros, 2000. - "Ouzeri Tsitsanis," novel, Athens, Kedros, 2001. - "Hanging by a Thread," Athens, Kedros, 2003. - "Too Much Butter on the Dog's Skin," novel, Athens, Kedros, 2006. - "Everything is Going Well Against Us," novel, Athens, Hellenic Letters, 2008. - "Between Hammer and Aliakmon," Athens, Hellenic Letters, 2009. - "Patrolling While Busy with Many Things," Athens, Patakis Publishers, 2011. Translations of his works: In German: - Selection of 19 short stories from the first three collections under the general title "Der Staatsanwalt im Nebel" ("The Prosecutor in the Fog"), Romiosini, 1998. - "Griechische Erzahlungen," anthology, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1991, the short story "Pater Loukas der Geringsten einer" ("Father Loukas the Least") from the collection "Eye Phosphor, Strong Command." - "Griechische Erzahlungen," anthology, dtv, 1993, the short story "Das Vipernwasser" ("The Viper Water") from the collection "Eye Phosphor, Strong Command." - "Saloniki Erzalt," anthology, Romiosini editions, the short story "Das ausgerichete Stilett" ("Balanced Stiletto") from the collection "Eye Phosphor, Strong Command." In English: - In the magazine "Mondo Greco," 4, fall 2000, the short story "Madame Soso takes a stroll" from the collection "The General Embroiders Again." In French: - Magazine "Desmos" ("Le Lien"), 2, winter 2000, the short story "Le pharmacien dans le jardin" ("The Pharmacist in the Garden") from the collection "The Alley of Fabrics." In Dutch: - "Ga de k1okken Iuiden," anthology, edited by Hero Hokwerda, Meulenhoff editions, Amsterdam, 1997, the short story "Ousour" from the collection "The Crumb of Communion." In Czech: - "Ceme olivy," anthology, Aspida editions, Prague, 2000, the short story "Cyclista zahyra primo" ("The Cyclist Turns Straight") from the collection "The General Embroiders Again." In Italian: - Magazine "Racconto," issue 21, January - February - March 1996, the short story "La batteria fuori della piano regolatore" ("The Drums Outside the City Plan") from the collection "The Alley of Fabrics." (Photo: Kostas Mitropoulos)