Christos Chomenidis

Christos Chomenidis
Hristos Homenidis during a visit in a Greek school, 2022.
Born	(1966-08-03) 3 August 1966 (age 57) Athens, Greece
Occupation	novelist
Nationality	Greek
Period	1993–

Christos Chomenidis (Greek: Χρήστος Χωμενίδης) (born 3 August 1966, Athens, Greece) is a Greek novelist. He studied Law at the University of Athens and in Moscow and Communication Studies in Leeds. He worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer.^[1] His book Νίκη won the 2021 European Book Prize in the Novel category. ^[2][3]

Works

Novels

• Το σοφό παιδί (The Wise Kid), 1993
• Το ύψος των περιστάσεων (The Height of the Circumstances), 1995
• Η φωνή (The Voice), 1998
• Υπερσυντέλικος (Past Perfect), 2003
• Το σπίτι και το κελλί (The House and the Cell), 2005
• Λόγια-Φτερα (Words-Wings), 2009
• Ο Κόσμος στα Μέτρα του (The World Tailored for him), 2012
• Νίκη (Victory), 2014. In 2021, the French version was awarded the European Book Prize
• Νεαρό άσπρο ελάφι (Young White Deer), 2016
• Ο φοίνικας (The Phoenix), 2018

Short fiction

• Δε θα σου κάνω το χατήρι (I Won't Do You the Favor), 1997
• Δεύτερη ζωή (Second Life), 2000
• Στη Δευτέρα Παρουσία ας μας βάλουν απουσία (During Advent, let them note us absent), 2010

External links

• His entry for the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair (Greek)
• His books at Hestia and Patakis Publishers
• His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)

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