Ersi Sotiropoulou
Greek writer
Ersi Sotiropoulos is a Greek writer. She was born in Patras and now lives in Athens. She has published more than a dozen books of fiction and poetry. Her work has been translated into many languages, and has won numerous domestic and international awards. Noted books include Zigzag through the Bitter Orange Trees (English translation by Peter Green), which was the first novel to win both the Greek national prize for literature and Greece's leading book critics' award. What’s Left of the Night (translated by Karen Emmerich) won the 2017 Prix Méditerranée Étranger in France. Emmerich has also translated her short story collection Landscape with Dog.[1]
Novels (selected)
- Zigk-zagk stis nerantziés (1999)
- Damázontas to ktínos (2003)
- Éva (2009)
- Ti ménei apó ti nýchta (2015); Prix Méditerranée Étranger 2017
- Boreís (2017, «Μπορείς»)
References
- ^ "Ersi Sotiropoulos". New Vessel Press. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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Prix Méditerranée winners
- 1985: Nicolas Saudray
- 1986: Chochana Boukhobza
- 1987: François Fontaine
- 1988: Dominique Fernandez
- 1989: Jules Roy
- 1990: Philippe Le Guillou
- 1991: Tahar Djaout
- 1992: Robert Solé
- 1993: Jean Thuillier
- 1994: Tahar Ben Jelloun
- 1995: André Chouraqui
- 1996: Hector Bianciotti
- 1997: Jean-Christophe Rufin
- 1998: Alain Nadaud
- 1999: Jean Daniel
- 2000: Albert Cossery
- 2001: Edmonde Charles-Roux
- 2002: Jean-Paul Mari
- 2003: François Sureau
- 2004: Amin Maalouf
- 2005: Jean-Pierre Vernant
- 2006: Michel del Castillo
- 2007: Emile Brami
- 2008: Louis Gardel
- 2009: Alexandre Najjar
- 2010: Dominique Baudis
- 2011: Pierre Assouline
- 2012: Jean-Noël Pancrazi
- 2013: Nedim Gürsel
- 2014: Gérard de Cortanze
- 2015: Valérie Zenatti
- 2016: Teresa Cremisi
- 2017: Metin Arditi
- 2018: Kamel Daoud
- 2019: Jérôme Ferrari
- 2020: Mahi Binebine
- 1992: Luis Landero
- 1993: Ismail Kadare
- 1994: Juan Goytisolo
- 1995: Adunis
- 1996: Yaşar Kemal
- 1997: Besnik Mustafaj
- 1998: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
- 1999: Pietro Citati
- 2000: Yoram Kaniuk
- 2001: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- 2002: Umberto Eco
- 2003: Baltasar Porcel
- 2004: Jaume Cabré
- 2005: Antonio Tabucchi
- 2006: Orhan Pamuk
- 2007: Claudio Magris
- 2008: Sandro Veronesi
- 2009: Almudena Grandes
- 2010: Amos Oz
- 2011: Dimitris Stefanakis
- 2012: Antonio Muñoz Molina
- 2013: José Carlos Llop
- 2014: Javier Cercas
- 2015: Milena Agus
- 2016: Lluís Llach
- 2017: Ersi Sotiropoulou
- 2018: Daniel Mendelsohn
- 2019: Marco Balzano
- 2022: Giosuè Calaciura