Vassilis Steriadis ( el, Βασίλης Στεριάδης; 1947–2003) was a

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and

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. He studied

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at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

and

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at the Universita per Stranieri in

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. He worked as a lawyer until 2002. From 1969 on, he collaborated with many literary periodicals (Lotos, Hroniko etc.), and from 1976 to 1984 he was writing critical articles and book reviews for the newspaper

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. He coined the literary term Genia tou 70, which refers to

authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the

Greek military junta of 1967-1974 The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...

and at the first years of the

Metapolitefsi The Metapolitefsi ( el, Μεταπολίτευση, , " regime change") was a period in modern Greek history from the fall of the Ioaniddes military junta of 1973–74 to the transition period shortly after the 1974 legislative elections. The m ...

Works

Poetry

*''Ο κ. Ιβο'' (Mr Ivo), 1970 *''Το ιδιωτικό αεροπλάνο'' (The Personal Airplane), 1971 *''Ντικ ο χλομός'' (Pale Dick), 1976 *''Το χαμένο κολλιέ'' (The Lost Necklace), 1983 *''Ο προπονητής παίκτης'' (The Trainer Player), 1992 *''Χριστούγεννα της Ισοπαλίας'' (Equalizing Christmas), 2002

Prose

''Η κατηγορία Α1'' (Category A1),

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, 1979

External links

His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)
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(English)His books at Kedros publishers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steriadis, Vassilis 1947 births 2003 deaths Writers from Volos 21st-century Greek poets 20th-century Greek poets National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Greek male poets 20th-century Greek male writers 21st-century Greek male writers People from Volos