Antonis Georgiou (born 1969) is a

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lawyer and writer. He was born in

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and studied law in

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. A practicing lawyer, he also helps edit the Cypriot literary magazine ''Anef'', and the Cypriot Theatre Diaries. Georgiou writes in multiple genres - poetry, short stories, plays, novels. His plays have been performed in his home country. His novel ''An Album of Stories'' was awarded the Cyprus State Prize and the

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Selected works

* Πανσέληνος παρά μία (Full Moon Minus One), poetry * Γλυκιά bloody life (Sweet Bloody Life), short stories * My Beloved Washing Machine, play, winner of the Theatre Prize of the Cyprus Theatre Organization) * The Disease, play, 2009 * Our Garden, play, 2011 * La Belote, play, 2014 * I Was Lysistrata, play, 2016 * An Album of Stories, novel, 2014, winner of the Cyprus State Prize and the EU Prize for Literature

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