Vangelis Raptopoulos Explained

Vangelis Raptopoulos
Birth Date:	1959
Birth Place:	Athens, Greece
Occupation:	Novelist
Nationality:	Greek
Period:	1979 -
Genre:	male

Vangelis Raptopoulos^[1] (Greek: Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος; born 1959, Athens, Greece) is a Greek novelist and considered a part of the "1980s generation".

Career

His first work In Pieces was published in 1979, at the age of 20.^[2] His first two books have been adapted for the television,^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} Loula, Black Wedding and The Invention of Reality have been adapted for the theater,^{[8] [9]} while The Bachelor and Lesbian were brought to the screen.^{[10] [11] [12]} The Cicadas came out in English^[13] and The Incredible Story of Pope Joan in Italian.^[14] He has published more than 30 books.^[15]

He has worked as a consultant in Greek publishing houses, a scenario consultant on various television channels, a newspaper columnist, a screenwriter, a producer and speaker on radio programs;^{[16] [17]} he teaches Creative Writing at the Hellenic Open University as an adjunct lecturer. His personal archive has been donated to the Gennadius Library.^{[18] [19]}

Works

• My Generation: In Pieces, Toll Post, The Cicadas (Η γενιά μου: Κομματάκια, Διόδια, Τα τζιτζίκια)
• The Imperial Memory of Blood (Η αυτοκρατορική μνήμη του αίματος)
• The Bachelor (Ο εργένης)
• Obsessions (Έμμονες ιδέες)
• Loula (Λούλα)
• The Incredible Story of Pope Joan (Η απίστευτη ιστορία της Πάπισσας Ιωάννας)
• Black Wedding (Μαύρος γάμος)
• Does Simitis Listen to Mitropanos? (Ακούει ο Σημίτης Μητροπάνο;)
• My Own America (Η δική μου Αμερική)
• The Invention of Reality (Η επινόηση της πραγματικότητας)
• We Lost Dad (Χάσαμε τον Μπαμπά)
• A Bit of History of Modern Greek Literature (Λίγη ιστορία της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας)
• Friends (Φίλοι)
• Ancient Recipe: Herodotus, Heraklitus, Lucian (Αρχαία συνταγή: Ηρόδοτος, Ηράκλειτος, Λουκιανός)
• The Great Sand (Η Μεγάλη Άμμος)
• Τales of Limni: The Game, Sad and Deep As You, Endlessly Empty House (Ιστορίες της Λίμνης: Το παιχνίδι, Βαθύς και λυπημένος όπως κι εσύ, Απέραντα άδειο σπίτι)
• The High Art of Failure (Η υψηλή τέχνη της αποτυχίας)
• The Most Secret Wound (Η πιο κρυφή πληγή)
• F8alism (Μοιρολα3)
• Lesbian (Λεσβία)
• The Man Who Burned Down Greece (Ο άνθρωπος που έκαψε την Ελλάδα)
• The Best Things That Ever Happened To Me (Ό,τι καλύτερο μου έχει συμβεί)
• Untouched (Ανέγγιχτη)
• Loves, Loves, Loves (Έρωτες, έρωτες, έρωτες)
• Blame God, for Making the World So Beautiful: Allegories From Kazantzakis (Ο Θεός φταίει, που έκανε τον κόσμο τόσο ωραίο: Αλληγορίες από τον Καζαντζάκη)

See also

• Modern Greek literature
• List of Greek writers

External links

• Official page
• Archive of Vangelis Raptopoulos, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
• Member of the BOD of Hellenic Authors' Society
  • His books on Biblionet

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Vangelis Raptopoulos. December 5, 2009.
2. Web site: . Author Vangelis Raptopoulos Donates His Papers to the Gennadius Library . 25 September 2012 . 18 July 2020 . Natalia . Vogeikoff-Brogan.
3. Web site: Θαλασσινό τραίνο - retroDB. 2021-01-02. www.retrodb.gr.
4. Web site: arxeio. 2010-11-01. ΔΙΟΔΙΑ. 2021-01-02. archive.ert.gr. el.
5. Web site: arxeio. 2010-11-01. ΔΙΟΔΙΑ. 2021-01-02. archive.ert.gr. el.
6. Web site: arxeio. 2010-11-01. ΔΙΟΔΙΑ. 2021-01-02. archive.ert.gr. el.
7. Web site: arxeio. 2010-11-01. ΔΙΟΔΙΑ. 2021-01-02. archive.ert.gr. el.
8. Web site: "Λούλα" - YouTube. 2021-01-02. www.youtube.com.
9. Web site: Play. Art. 2015-09-29. Ένας Μαύρος Γάμος στη Φρυνίχου. 2021-01-02. Art Play. el.
10. Web site: The Bachelor. www.imdb.com.
11. Web site: My Veoh. www.veoh.com.
12. Web site: ΠΕΚΚ . Αναζήτηση ταινίας id . 2024-04-03 . Πανελλήνια Ένωση Κριτικών Κινηματογράφου . el-gr.
13. Web site: The Cicadas: Amazon.co.uk: Vangelis Raptopoulos: Books . Amazon.co.uk . 2014-02-16.
14. Web site: L'incredibile storia della papessa Giovanna, Vanghelis Raptòpulos - Google Search. 2021-01-02. www.google.com.
15. Web site: ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟ – Βιβλιοnet. 2021-01-02. biblionet.gr.
16. Web site: 30 August 2017 . 'Και λίγα λέω' Με τον Βαγγέλη Ραπτόπουλο, στο Ραδιόφωνο 24/7 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180513193031/https://www.news247.gr/psixagogia/mousiki/kai-liga-leo-me-ton-vaggeli-raptopoylo-sto-radiofono-24-7.6517000.html . 2018-05-13 . 2021-01-02 . www.news247.gr . el.
17. Web site: zoornalistas. Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος: Ευγνώμων για το ραδιόφωνο. 2021-01-02. el.
18. Web site: Author Vangelis Raptopoulos at the Gennadius Library . Maria . Smali . 14 November 2013 . 18 July 2020 . American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
19. Web site: Vangelis Raptopoulos Papers American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 2021-01-02. www.ascsa.edu.gr.