# Amanda Michalopoulou

Amanda Michalopoulou (born 1966) is a Greek author. She has published three novels, several collections of short stories and books for children. Her works been widely translated and have won the National Endowment for the Arts' International Literature Award 2008, the Revmata Prize, and the Diavazo Award.

## Biography

Michalopoulou was born in Athens, Greece, in 1966, and currently teaches creative writing. She previously studied French literature in Athens, and journalism in Paris. She lives in Athens and Paris, with her husband Dimitris Tsoumplekas.

## Career

Michalopoulou began writing short stories, and won the Best Short Story Prize from Revmata, a Greek literary magazine, in 1993. In 1994, she published her first collection of short stories, Éxo i zoi ine políchromi (1994; tr: Life is colourful out there). Her other collections of short stories, published subsequently, include Ich mach euch den Garaus (2002; "I'll finish you all off") and Tha Ithela (2008; "I'd Like"). Tha Ithela won several awards for the English translation, including the National Endowment for the Arts' International Literature Award 2008, and was on the long list for the Best Translated Book Award. Her stories have been published in the Harvard Review, PEN Magazine, World Literature Today and The Guardian.
She went on to write several novels, including Jandes (1996; "Octopus Garden"), which won the Diavazo Critics' Prize in Greece; Osses forés antéxis (1998; "As many times as you can bear it"), Paliókeros (2001; "Bloody awful weather"), Pos na kryfteis (2010; "How to Hide"), and Lamperi mera (2012; "Bright Day"). Michalopoulou has also written several children's books, including I Hina (2008; "The Goose"). Her works have been translated into 20 languages. She was a contributing editor for the newspaper Kathimerini from 1990 to 2008.

## Works

* Έξω η ζωή είναι πολύχρωμη, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 1994
* Γιάντες, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 1996
* Το σπίτι που πετάει, Άμμος, 1997
* Όσες φορές αντέξεις, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 1998
* Γιατί γεννήθηκα, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2000
* Δύο σπίτια, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2000
* Τ' αγαπημένα μου Σαββατοκύριακα, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2000
* Παλιόκαιρος, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2001
* Inbox, Απόπειρα, 2002
* Γιατί σκότωσα την καλύτερή μου φίλη, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2003
* Αρκεί να μην κόψω τα μαλλιά μου, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2004
* Η μετακόμιση, Εκδόσεις Παπαδόπουλος, 2004
* Οι περιπέτειες της Αεροπλανούλας, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2004
* Θα ήθελα, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2005
* Η μετακόμιση, Εκδόσεις Παπαδόπουλος, 2006
* Η εγγονή του Αϊ-Βασίλη, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2007
* Πριγκίπισσα Σαύρα, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2007
* Εμπιστοσύνη, Τόπος, 2008
* Η χήνα, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2008
* Ο Ισίδωρος και ο ναυαγός, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2008
* Η εγγονή του Αϊ-Βασίλη και τα μπισκότα της αγάπης, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2009
* Διακοπές στο σπίτι με τον Ισίδωρο, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2010
* Πώς να κρυφτείς, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2010
* Η εγγονή του Αϊ-Βασίλη και η εξαφάνιση των ξωτικών, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2011
* Όσες φορές αντέξεις, Έθνος, 2011
* Παλιόκαιρος, Έθνος, 2011
* Τ + Υ = Αγάπη για πάντα, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2011
* Έρχεται ο Ίνξορ, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2012
* Λαμπερή μέρα, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2012
* Έξω η ζωή είναι πολύχρωμη, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2014
* Η γυναίκα του Θεού, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2014
* Γιάντες, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2018
* Μπαρόκ, Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2018