Nikos Panagiotopoulos

Nikos Panagiotopoulos was born on April 15, 1963, in Chalandri, where he grew up. He studied as a technology engineer while also engaging in theater. He worked as an arts editor (from 1989 to 1992) for newspapers, magazines, and television. In recent years, besides prose writing, he has been professionally involved in screenwriting. He has written scripts for television series and, since 1995, has focused almost exclusively on cinema. He has written ten feature film scripts, including "The Absentees" (1996), "The King" (2002), and "Vigil" (2005), all directed by Nikos Grammatikos, and "Quiet Hours" (2006), directed by Katerina Evangelakou, among others. For one of these, "The Absentees," he was awarded the Best Screenplay Award at the 37th Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1996. An active member of the Greek Screenwriters Guild, he teaches screenwriting in seminars and film study programs. His poems and short stories have been recognized in competitions, and his first book, the short story collection "The Guilt of Materials" (Polis, 1997), received the Maria Ralli Award for debut authors. This was followed by the novels: "Ziggy from Marfan" (Polis, 1998, also available in Italian from Crocetti Editions), "The Gene of Doubt" (Polis, 1999, 2nd ed. Metaichmio, 2012, available in seven languages - in German from Reclam Editions, in French from Gallimard Editions, in Italian from Ponte Alle Grazie Editions, in Slovenian, in Chinese, etc.), "Hagiography" (Polis, 2003, available in German from Reclam Editions and in French from Gallimard Editions), and "The Children of Cain" (Metaichmio, 2011, Petros Haris Foundation Novel Award, Academy of Athens, 2012). Both his novels and short stories have been translated into several foreign languages. "All Alone" is his seventh book and was initially published in France, in the Ce que la vie signifie pour moi series by Editions du Sonneur.