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Vassilis Alexakis (Greek: Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; 25 December 1943 – 11 January 2021) was a Greek-French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.

Vassilis Alexakis
Born(1943-12-25)25 December 1943
Athens, Greece
Died11 January 2021(2021-01-11) (aged 77)
Athens, Greece
OccupationWriter, translator
NationalityGreek
Period20th/21st century

Biography


Alexakis, the son of actor Giannis Alexakis, was born in Greece. He first came to France in 1961 to study journalism at the university in Lille and returned to Greece in 1964 to perform his military service. Because of the military junta he went into exile to Paris in 1968 and stayed. He spent most of his time in Paris but also travelled regularly to Greece.[1] Part of his experiences of his military service in the experimental Armed Forces Television (TED) was depicted in the cult Greek 1984 film Loafing and Camouflage, directed by Nikos Perakis, who served alongside Alexakis in TED. Alexakis' analogue is Pvt. Savidis, played by Giannis Chatziyannis.[2]

In his literary work he continued to draw from both Greek and French culture. In 1974 he published his first book Le Sandwich, written in French. The first book directly written in Greek was Talgo, published in 1981. By writing Talgo and later on La langue maternelle directly in Greek, he wanted to prove to himself that he was still able to write in his mother tongue.[3] He self-translated Talgo into French and since then he wrote each book in French and Greek.[4] In darkly humorous prose, he combined autobiography, history, fantasy, and suspense.[5] In 2006, Les mots étrangers was translated by Alyson Waters and published under the title Foreign Words; this was the first of his novels to be translated into English. In 1995, he received the prestigious Prix Médicis for La langue maternelle. In 2007, he received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Ap. J.-C.[6]

He died on 11 January 2021.


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Works in Greek



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На других языках


[de] Vassilis Alexakis

Vassilis Alexakis (griechisch Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; * 25. Dezember 1943 in Athen; † 11. Januar 2021 ebenda[1]) war ein griechisch-französischer Schriftsteller, der seine Werke auf Französisch und Griechisch verfasst hat. 1995 erhielt er den französischen Literaturpreis Prix Médicis.
- [en] Vassilis Alexakis

[ru] Алексакис, Василис

Василис Алексакис (греч. Βασίλης Αλεξάκης , 25 декабря 1943, Афины, Греция — 11 января 2021[7]) — греческий и французский писатель, журналист.



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