Kostis Papagiorgis is a Greek

Greeks

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 essay

Essay

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ist, columnist

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 and translator of philosophical

Philosophy

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 studies.

Biography

A teacher's son, he was born in 1947 in Neochori Ypatis and has lived in Kymi, Greece

Kymi, Greece

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 ('51-'60), Chalandri

Chalandri

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 -where he lives permanently-, Thessaloníki

Thessaloniki

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 ('66-'67) and Paris

Paris

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 ('69-'75).

He has attended law school

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 in Thessaloníki

Thessaloniki

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 and philosophy in Paris, without, however, having completed his studies. He has been writing and translating since the latter half of the 70s, while at the same time working in publishing. He has published the theoretical magazine "Chora". Since 1987 he is distinguished in writing essays.

In 2002 he was honored with the Sate Literary Award (Greece's most prestigious literary award) for his work "Kanellos Delegiannis".

At present, he lives and works in Athens and is married to Rania Stathopoulou. He writes for the Greek free press magazine LIFO

LIFO (magazine)

LiFo is a free magazine published and distributed every Thursday in Athens, Greece. It contains articles with general socio-political content, articles on the matters of the city of Athens, interviews, reportages and information about events in Athens as well as with articles about cinema, theatre...

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