Kythreotis, Christos


Kythreotis, Christos

Christos Kythreotis was born in Nicosia in 1979 and grew up in Athens. His first book, the short story collection «Just Fine» («Μια χαρά», Patakis, 2014, 2nd ed. 2021), received (by half) the National Book Award of Greece for Debut Book, and it was also short-listed for Literature Awards of the online magazine Anagnostis (Debut Book) and of the magazine Klepsydra (Young Author). The novel «Where We Live» («Εκεί που ζούμε», Patakis, 2019, 7th ed. 2023) is his second book and it was awarded with the National Book Award of Cyprus (Best Novel), and with the Literature Award of the magazine Klepsydra – it was also short-listed for the National Book Award of Greece for Novel and for the European Union Prize for Literature (2020). In 2022 his novel «Where We Live» was adapted as a movie by the director Sotiris Goritsas, and both «Just Fine» and «Where We Live» have been translated and published in Serbia (2022) – «Where We Live» is also expected to be published in Bulgaria during 2023. Various of his short stories and articles have been published in collective volumes, literary magazines and newspapers.

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First name:  Christos
Last name:  Kythreotis
Projects: 

1) «Μια χαρά» (short story collection, Patakis, 2014, 2nd ed. 2021).

2) «Εκεί που ζούμε» (novel, Patakis, 2019, 7th ed. 2023).

3) Collective volumes and anthologies:

α) «Είμαστε όλοι μετανάστες», ed. Μισέλ Φάις, Patakis, 2007 (contributed with the short story «Σκόνη από κιμωλία»).

β) «Χαμένοι στο διαδίκτυο», ed. Μισέλ Φάις, Patakis, 2008 (contributed with the short story «Αναζήτηση»).

γ) «Φανταστείτε το μέλλον σας σε μια πόλη που αλλάζει», Ianos-British Council, 2009 (contributed with the short story «Σημάδι στο μπράτσο»).

δ) «15 βγαίνουν με κόκκινο», Topos, 2014 (contributed with the short story «Μια χαρά»).

ε) «Υπό σκιάν», Οι Εκδόσεις των Συναδέλφων, 2015 (contributed with the short story «Μια στιγμή κάτω από το φως του Ιουνίου»).

στ) «Ερωτικά εγκλήματα», ed. Μισέλ Φάις, Patakis, 2015 (contributed with the short story «Η χαμένη ευκαιρία»).

ζ) «Κρατικά Λογοτεχνικά Βραβεία, Ανθολογία: Διήγημα, Νουβέλα 2010-2018», Ministry of Culture, 2020 (contributed with the short story «Σκόνη από κιμωλία»).

η) «1821, Δέκα διηγήματα για το Εικοσιένα», Lifo Books (contributed with the short story «Η φωνή μας»).

 


Date of birth:  1979
Birth place:  Nicosia
Abstract title:  «Where We Live» (from Chapter 3)
Abstract text: 

 It is not only at the moment of our death – almost every moment our entire life passes before our eyes, for there is probably not a day during which we do not think, even for a moment, of all the things we have done or all the people we have met – those who have been lost forever and those who are somehow still tangled at our feet. Every day contains the whole past, and this is ultimately the biggest obstacle that prevents us from telling the story, and from telling it honestly: the fact that, if we want to be completely honest, there are no stories – there is only time.


Awards: 

1) National Book Award of Greece for Debut Book (by half), 2015, for the short story collection «Μια χαρά».

2) National Book Award of Cyprus (Best Novel), 2020, for the novel «Εκεί που ζούμε».

3) Literature Award of the magazine Klepsydra, 2020, for the novel «Εκεί που ζούμε».

 


E-mail:  ckithreotis@gmail.com