Kallia Papadaki

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Kallia Papadaki (born 1978) is a Greek author and screenwriter.[1] Born in the border town of Didymoteicho, she grew up in Thessaloniki. She moved to the USA, where she studied economics at Bard College and Brandeis University. Moving back to Greece, she studied film at the Stavrakos Film School [el] in Athens.[2]

Papadaki's first feature script September premiered at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Her 2015 novel Dendrites won the EU Prize for Literature.[3] Other books include The Back-Lot Sound (short stories) and Lavender in December (poetry).[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reading Greece: Kallia Papadaki on Fiction, Scriptwriting and Literature as an Ever-Changing World Map". Greek News Agenda. April 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bio". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  3. ^ "Kallia Papadaki One of 12 Winners of the EU Prize For Literature 2017". Grekomania.com. April 24, 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15.
  4. ^ "Publishers from 35 countries at Delhi's World Book Fair". The Sunday Guardian. January 8, 2018.