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Christos Chomenidis

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Christos Chomenidis
Hristos Homenidis during a visit at a Greek school, 2022
Hristos Homenidis during a visit at a Greek school, 2022
Born (1966-08-03) 3 August 1966 (age 58)
Athens, Greece
OccupationNovelist
NationalityGreek
Period1993–present

Christos Chomenidis (Greek: Χρήστος Χωμενίδης; born 3 August 1966) is a Greek novelist. He studied Law at the University of Athens and in Moscow and Communication Studies in Leeds. He worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer.[1]

His book Victory won the 2021 European Book Prize in the Novel category. [2][3]

Works

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Novels

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  • Το σοφό παιδί (The Wise Kid), 1993
  • Το ύψος των περιστάσεων (The Height of the Circumstances), 1995
  • Η φωνή (The Voice), 1998
  • Υπερσυντέλικος (Past Perfect), 2003
  • Το σπίτι και το κελλί (The House and the Cell), 2005
  • Λόγια-Φτερα (Words-Wings), 2009
  • Ο Κόσμος στα Μέτρα του (The World Tailored for him), 2012
  • Νίκη (Victory), 2014. In 2021, the French version was awarded the European Book Prize
  • Νεαρό άσπρο ελάφι (Young White Deer), 2016
  • Ο φοίνικας (The Phoenix), 2018

Short fiction

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  • Δε θα σου κάνω το χατήρι (I Won't Do You the Favor), 1997
  • Δεύτερη ζωή (Second Life), 2000
  • Στη Δευτέρα Παρουσία ας μας βάλουν απουσία (During Advent, let them note us absent), 2010

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