Vassilis Alexakis

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Vassilis Alexakis (Greek: Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; born Athens, December 12, 1943) is a Greek-French writer of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.

His works, drawn from two cultures, are full of tender irony; his style gives the reader an intimate and personal perspective on his stories. In 2006, Les mots étrangers was translated by Alyson Waters; this was the first of his novels to be translated into English. In 2007, he received the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie Française for Ap. J.-C.

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1974: Le Sandwich. Paris: Julliard.
1975: Les Girls de City-Boum-Boum. Paris: Julliard.
1978: La Tête du chat. Paris: Le Seuil.
1978: Mon amour! Città Armoniosa.
1985: Contrôle d’Identité. Paris: Le Seuil.
1987: Le fils de King Kong. Geneva: Les Yeux ouverts.
1989: Paris-Athènes. Paris: Le Seuil.
1992: Avant. Paris: Le Seuil. (Prix Albert Camus, Prix Charles-Exbrayat, Prix Alexandre-Vialat)
1997: Papa. Paris: Fayard. (Erzählung, Prix de la Nouvelle de l’Académie française)
1997: L’invention du baiser. Geneva: Nomades.
1999: Le colin d’Alaska
2002: Les mots étrangers. Paris: Stock.
2005: Je t’oublierai tous les jours. Paris: Stock.
2007: Ap. J.-C. Paris: Stock.