Petros Tatsopoulos

Petros Tatsopoulos was born in Rethymno in December 1959. He studied economics and political science. He worked as a trainee social worker, co-screenwriter (for "The Neighbour" [1981] by Giorgos Panousopoulos, "Underground Passage" [1983] by Apostolos Doxiadis), journalist, publishing consultant, and presenter of cultural programs on public and private television: "Spirit of Contradiction" (ET-1, 1999-2000), "Great Greeks - Eleftherios Venizelos" (SKAI, 2009), "1821" (SKAI, 2011), "Bra de Fer" (Action 24, 2014). Alongside Kostas Mourselas, Giorgos Skourtis, and Antonis Sourounis, he participated in "The Game of Four" (1998). He has published twenty books, including: "The Minors" (1980), "The Painkiller" (1982), "The Heart of the Beast" (1987 - adapted into a film by Renos Haralambidis in 2005), "The First Appearance" (1994), "In Honor" (2004), "The Kindness of Strangers" (2006), "Neo-Hellenes" (2007), "Sisyphus on the Balcony" (2009 - Athens Academy Award), "The Book About Books" (2010), "I Was There Too" (2016), "Gagarin" (2016). His short stories and novels have been translated into English, French, German, Turkish, and Czech. He was a member of the board of directors of the Society of Authors from 2001 to 2003, under the presidency of Vassilis Vassilikos, and briefly served as vice president of the National Book Centre in 2010. In May 2012, he was elected as a Member of Parliament with SYRIZA. He participated in the Greek parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe (2012-2013). From January 2014 until the end of the same year, he served as an independent MP. He has two children, Yiannis and Danae.