“Blank pages in front of me. And a pencil. My hand is an extension of my soul, ready to fill the pages with images and emotions, memories from my journey to hell and back to life. A rhapsody of triumph of the human spirit, which began seven years ago. Early summer of 2009. When cancer struck me. At the very same time that I saw the economic crisis ravaging my country and felt the first seismic tremors in my work at Alter. Three in one, that is. A 3D hell. A three-dimensional tragedy. The jackpot of destruction.” This is the soul-bearing testimony of my father, Kostas Chardavellas, about the Calvary he climbed, as he entrusted it to my hands.

From this, the book "Kostas Chardavellas - The Zeibekiko of the Winner" was born. A book dedicated to the fighters of life. Because all those who struggle are winners! Regardless of the outcome of the battle… “From the day I learned to write, I knew I would become a journalist,” says Kostas Chardavellas even today. His “journey” in the magical world of journalism began at the age of 18. Always a reporter. And always on the “roads of fire.” In wars. In global events. In national tragedies. A “newspaper man” from the cradle. First at Ethnos and then at Apogevmatini, Eleftherotypia (as one of its founders in 1975), Ta Nea (his second home for 23 years), Real News.

Forty years on television. Since 1977 at ERT with the show “Invitation to the Studio,” then in the legendary “Reporters” and later in television championships at MEGA, SKAI, STAR, ANT-1, NET, ALTER, E. Unforgettable radio hours on SKAI 100.3 and REAL 97.8, creator of the online newspaper Newsbomb.gr, author of two books (The Epic of Polytechnic [publ. Ch. Papachrysanthou] and What I Didn’t Say and Didn’t Write [publ. Modern Times]). And the journey continues…

Contact for the book "Kostas Chardavellas - The Zeibekiko of the Winner": facebook.com/k.k.chardavellas

Cover photo: Charis Ergatidis