Angelos Terzakis


Angelos Terzakis was a Greek writer of the ":de:Generation der 30er Jahre|Generation of the '30s". He wrote short stories, novels and plays.

Life

He was born in Nafplion in 1907 and lived there until 1915, when he moved to Athens, where he finished school and studied law at the University of Athens. He made his first appearance in Greek literature in 1925 with the short story collection The Forgotten. He took part in the war of 1940 and documented this experience in some of his short stories and especially in his book April. In 1969 he was awarded the prize of Literary Excellence of the Athens Academy.
He died on 3 August 1979 in Athens. His son, Dimitri Terzakis, is a noted composer.

Works

Novels