Ersi Sotiropoulos, (Patrasso, 1953) è la scrittrice greca più tradotta al mondo, pluripremiata in patria, autrice di poesie, novelle, racconti e romanzi.

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Ersi Sotiropoulos, (Patras, 1953) is the most translated Greek writer in the world, a multi-award winning Greek author of poems, short stories, tales and novels.

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POETRY & FICTION
The Art of Feeling Nothing, stories, Patakis, Greece 2022 Jensen & Dalgaard, Danemark 2025.
I’m burning, film script for H24, ARTE, France 2021.
Man Overboard, poems, Patakis, Greece 2018, as Puis tu as tourné ton beau visage, a selection published by Le Courage, Editions Grasset, France 2019, Svobodny Publisher, Russia 2022.
Are You Up to It? a novel, Patakis, Greece 2017, as Je crois que tu me plais, Stock, France 2019.
What’s Left of the Night, a novel, Patakis, Greece 2015, Stock, France 2016, Sexto Piso, Spain, Mexico 2018, New Vessel Press, USA 2018 (winner of ALTA National Translation Award), nottetempo, Italy 2019, CeMoG, Germany 2021, Al Kotob Khan, Egypt 2022, KUD AAC Zrakogled, Slovenia 2024, Kanon, Germany 2025, Forthcoming by Onufri Publishing House, Albania 2026, Forthcoming by EunHaeng NaMu Publishing Co. 2026.
Fuga, poems, bilingual edition, Luces de Galibo, Spain 2015.
Feel Blue, Dress in Red, stories, Patakis, Greece 2012, Forthcoming by List Books, Bulgaria 2026.
Eva, a novel, Patakis, Greece 2009, Stock France 2014, Ayrinti Yayinlari, Turkey 2017, Ediciones Trabe, Asturias 2025.
Ray in the Darkness, stories, Kedros, Greece 2005, as Landscape With Dog, Clockroot Books, USA 2008.
Taming the Beast, a novel, Kedros, Greece 2003, Quidam éditeur, France 2011, Forthcoming by Patakis, Greece 2025.
Between 5 and 7pm, Edizioni del Tavolo Rosso, Italy 2001.
The Warm Circle, stories & poems, Ellinika Grammata, Greece 2000.
Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees, a novel, Kedros, Greece 1999, dtv Germany 2001, Maurice Nadeau, France 2003, Interlink Books, USA 2007, 451 Editores, Spain 2008, Bokförlaget h:ström, Sweden 2009, Newton Compton, Italy 2012, Interlink books (paperback) USA 2012, republished by Metaixmio, Greece 2013, republished by Patakis, Greece 2020, Forthcoming by Pema, Albania 2026, Forthcoming by Jensen & Dalgaard, Danemark 2026.
The Pinball King, stories, Kastaniotis, Greece 1998.
Camelpig, stories, Kedros, Greece 1992.
Borders (Confini) with Italian sculptor Nunzio, Galleria dell’Oca, Rome 1991.
Mexico, a novel, Kedros, Greece 1988, Donzelli, Italy 1994, AOC, France 2021.
The Farce, a novel, Kedros, Greece 1982, republished by Patakis, Greece 2010, Forthcoming by Caleidoscopio, Spain 2026.
Holiday Weekend in Yannina, a novella, Nefeli, Greece 1982, Republished by Kedros, Greece 1999, republished by Patakis, Greece 2025.
Vacation Without a Corpse, a novel, Akmon, Greece 1980, republished by Kastaniotis, Greece 1997.
Apple+Death+…+…, poems, Plethron, Greece 1980.

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AWARDS & HONORS
Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College in New York, 2022;
Mediterranean Prize for Best Foreign Novel, What’s Left of the Night, France 2018;
Literary Phrase of the Year Award, Literature.gr, Are You Up to It?, Greece 2017;
Dante Alighieri Poetry Award, Italy 2016;
What’s Left of the Night nominated for the European Book Prize, 2016;
What’s Left of the Night shortlisted for the Femina Prize, France 2016;
Eva shortlisted for the European Book Prize, 2015;
Eva shortlisted for the Femina Prize, France 2015;
National Book Award for Best Collection of Stories, Feel Blue, Dress in Red, Greece 2012;
French National Book Centre, Grant for What’s Left for the Night, 2012;
Athens Academy Award for Best Novel, Eva, Greece 2011;
National Book Award for Best Novel, Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees, Greece 2000;
Book Critics’ Award for Best Novel, Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees, Greece 2000;
Medal of Honor, Commendatore dell’Ordine conferred by the President of the Italian Republic, 1994.

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