Antonis Antoniadis
Antonis Antoniadis [Αντώνης Αντωνιάδης] was born in Altena, Germany, but grew up in Drama, Greece. He finished a school of physiotherapy in Belgrade but never worked in this profession having decided to pursue a literary career. He worked for various journals and periodicals, as a columnist, then an editor, editor-in-chief and director. Between 2000–2004, he was the editor-in-chief of Avaton (Άβατον) [Off Limits], and then he was the director of the magazine Secret Greece [Mistikí Eláda, Μυστική Ελλάδα]. In 2003, he organized the production of the television documentary series Unknown Gates (Ágnostes Pýles, Άγνωστες Πύλες), which was broadcast by the ERT3 channel. He also consulted the production of numerous series about history, transmitted by the national Greek television. He co-authored and edited multiple composite works and studies on history, religion, ethnology and anthropology. He currently lives and works in Thessaloniki.
He published the following books:
- Δελφοί, oι πολιτικοί σχεδιασμοί του ιερατείου (Delfí, i politikí schediasmí tou ieratíou) [Delphoi, political patterns of the priesthood], 2006 .
- Παράξενες διηγήσεις αρχαίων Ελλήνων (Paráxenes diigísis archéon Elínon) [Strange stories of ancient Greeks], 2006.
- Ο λύκος της Σπάρτης (O líkos tis Spártis) [The Wolf of Sparta], 2009.
- Εκστρατεία στην έρημο (Ekstratía stin érimo) [(Military) campaign in the desert], 2010.
- Δαιμόνιος Βάκχος (Demónios Vákchos) [Deity of Bacchus], 2015 with Angeliki Radou.
- Necronomicon: The Manuscript of The Dead, 2015; [Νεκρονομικόν: Το χειρόγραφο των νεκρών (Nekronomikón: To chirógrapho ton nekrón)], 2018.
Sources:
Profile at irisliteraryagency.gr (accessed: October 26, 2020).
skroutz.gr (accessed: October 26, 2020).
psithiri.gr (accessed: October 26, 2020).
Bio prepared by Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl and Milena Pszczolińska, University of St Andrews, mp261@st-andrews.ac.uk
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