Manolis Xexakis () (born 1948 in

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and prose writer. He studied

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and

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at the

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. He has worked as a

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.ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη)

Poetry

*''Ασκήσεις Μαθηματικών'' (Math Exercises), 1980 *''Πλόες ερωτικοί'' (Erotic Sea Ways), 1980 *''Κάτοπτρα μελαγχολικού λόγου'' (Mirrors of Melancholic Word), 1987

Prose

*''Ο θάνατος του ιππικού'' (The Death of the Cavalry), 1977 *''Πού κούκος; Πού άνεμος;'' (Where the Cuckoo? Where the Wind?), 1987 *''Σονάτα κομπολογιών'' (A String of Beads Sonata), 2000

External links

His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)

Notes

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