Ersi Sotiropoulos is a
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writer. She was born in
Patras and now lives in
Athens
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. She has published more than a dozen books of fiction and poetry. Her work has been translated into many languages, and has won numerous domestic and international awards. Noted books include ''Zigzag through the Bitter Orange Trees'' (English translation by
Peter Green), which was the first novel to win both the Greek national prize for literature and Greece's leading book critics' award. ''What’s Left of the Night'' (translated by
Karen Emmerich
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) won the 2017
Prix Méditerranée Étranger
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in France. Emmerich has also translated her short story collection ''Landscape with Dog''.
Novels (selected)
* ''Zigk-zagk stis nerantziés'' (1999)
* ''Damázontas to ktínos'' (2003)
* ''Éva'' (2009)
* ''Ti ménei apó ti nýchta'' (2015); Prix Méditerranée Étranger 2017
* ''Boreís'' (2017, «Μπορείς»)
References
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category:Greek writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people