Angelos Terzakis (16 February 1907 – 3 August 1979) was a Greek writer of the "Generation of the '30s". He wrote short stories, novels and plays.

Life

He was born in Nafplion in 1907 and lived there until 1915, when he moved to Athens, where he finished school and studied law at the University of Athens. His grandfather was a tailor, `terzi' in Greek; this is the source of his last name. He made his first appearance in Greek literature in 1925 with the short story collection The Forgotten (Ο Ξεχασμένος). He took part in the war of 1940 and documented this experience in some of his short stories and especially in his book April (Απρίλης). In 1969 he was awarded the prize of Literary Excellence (Αριστείο Γραμμάτων) of the Athens Academy. He died on 3 August 1979 in Athens. His son, Dimitri Terzakis, is a noted composer.

Works

Novels

Short story collections

Plays

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