Giorgos Sfikas
Giorgos Sfikas (Γιώργος Σφήκας; * 1939 in Athens ) is a Greek author. The German translations of his books appeared under the author's name George Sfikas.
After attending high school in Athens, Sfikas worked for advertising agencies as a graphic designer from 1964 to 1980. Since 1970 he has dealt with ecological and biological issues and has written about 20 books on Greek nature. He discovered several new types of plants; two were named after him (Viola sfikasiana and Colchicum sfikasianum). From 2000 to 2006 he was President of the Greek Society for the Protection of Nature (Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Προστασίας της Φύσης). Temporarily he worked for the journals Corfés, Ecology and Environment, New Ecology, Ascents, Traveling, Nature and Life, Nature, Mountains.
Works (selection of titles published in German)
- George Sfikas, The wild flowers of Crete. Athens 1998, ISBN 960-226-043-2 .
- George Sfikas, Trees and Shrubs of Greece. Athens 1993, ISBN 960-226-074-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/query_all/details.pl?id=158837&stufe=A&typ=PFL&sid=T&lang=d&pr=nix
- ^ Homepage of the Greek Society for the Protection of Nature .
- ↑ So the blurb of the book "The wild flowers of Crete".
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sfikas, Giorgos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sfikas, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |