Makis Tsitas

Makis Tsitas (Greek: Μάκης Τσίτας) is a Greek writer. He was born in Yiannitsa and majored in Journalism and cooperated with several radio stations in Thessaloniki. As of 1994 he resides permanently in Athens and works in publishing. He has served as Senior Editor for the literary magazine Periplous (1994-2005), and was the Co-publisher and Director of the journal for the book Index (2006-2011). Ever since 2012 he has been directing Diastixo.gr, a website on books and culture. He is also a member of the Administrative Council of the Hellenic Authors’ Society. His literary works have been included in anthologies, published in magazines and newspapers, and translated into German, French, Spanish, English, Hebrew, Albanian, Swedish, Finnish, and Italian. Some of his works have also been staged and directed by Ersi Vasilikioti (“Theatro ton Keron”), Sophia Karagianni (“Vault Theater”), Taru Makela (Christine and Goran Schildt Foundation, Finland), Alexandru Mazgareanu (“Nottara Theater,” Romania), and performed by Iosif Iosifidis, Thanos Samaras, Vasilis Vlachos, Aphrodite Tzovani, Pirkko Hamalainen, Lilga Kovanko, and Gabriel Rauta. His lyrics have been put to music by Giorgos Stavrianos, Takis Soukas, and Tatiana Zografou, while Nena Venetsanou, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Miltos Paschalidis, Dimitris Zervoudakis, Kostas Parissis, Sophia Papazoglou, Theodora Tzita, and Nephele Fasouli are the singers who performed his songs. He has published twenty books for children and three for adults. His novel As God Is My Witness, has earned him the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature and honors by the Municipalities of Athens, Pella, and Edessa, the Central Public Library of Edessa, as well as the Region of Central Macedonia. As God Is My Witness is already available in 7 European languages and is soon to be published in 5 more.

Books

·        For adults

·        (2015) The Again, Patakis

·        (2013) God is my witness, Kichli

·        (1996) Patty from Petroula, Kastaniotis

·        For kids

·        (2018) And I take of my hat, Kokkini klosti demeni

·        (2018) The birthday present, Psichogios

·        (2017) A little celebrity, Psichogios

·        (2017) My own daddy, Patakis

·        (2017) My name is Dora, Minoas

·        (2015) My big brother, Psichogios

·        (2014) Find who i am!, Patakis

·        (2014) Stray Kostas, Psichogios

·        (2014) By heart, Psichogios

·        (2013) Oh, these parents!, Psichogios

·        (2012) Don’t trouble Santa Clause, Psichogios

·        (2012) Take me with you too!, Psichogios

·        (2011) Why don’t you count some sheep?, Psichogios

·        (2009) Don’t go, Psichogios

·        (2006) The little red one, Kastor

·        (2006) Friends, Psichogios

·        (2005) I don’t like milk!, Psichogios

·        (2005) Whose soup is this?, Psichogios

·        (2005) Christmas at kindergarten, Savvalas

·        (2004) Dora and Ulysses, Helinika grammata

Honorary Events and Ceremonies

·        European Union Prize for Literature  (2014)

·        Honorary Event from Municipality of Pella (2015)

·        Honorary Event from  City of Athens (2015)

·        Honorary Event from municipality of Edessa (2016)

·        Honorary Event from Region of Central Macedonia (2016)

·        Honorary Event from Central Public Library of Edessa (2016)

Referals

·        Dictionary of Contemporary Greek Literature (Λεξικό Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας), Patakis Publications, p. 2217

·        Grand Encyclopedia of Contemporary Greek Literature (Μεγάλη Εγκυκλοπαίδεια της Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας), edited by Charis Patsis, Volume 23, pp. 110-111.

·        Who’s Who, Metron Publications, p. 984.

·        Who is Who in Greece, Who is Who Publications, p. 1087.

·        Literary Creations of Northern Greece 1875-2007 (Η λογοτεχνική Δημιουργία της Βόρειας Ελλάδας 1875-2007), Bibis Publications, p. 615.

·        Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Uneven Crossings (Ανισόπεδες διαβάσεις), Patakis, p. 301.

·        Vanggelis Chatzivasiliou, The Pendulum’s Motion (Η κίνηση του εκκρεμούς), Polis Publications, p. 416.