Alexis Panselinos

Born1943 (age 81–82)

Athens, Greece

Occupationnovelist

NationalityGreek

Period1982–

Alexis Panselinos
Born	1943 (age 81–82) Athens, Greece
Occupation	novelist
Nationality	Greek
Period	1982–

Alexis Panselinos (Greek: Αλέξης Πανσέληνος) (born 1943 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek novelist and translator. He is the son of Assimakis Panselinos (1903–1984) an author and poet and Ephie Pliatsika-Panselinos (1907–1997) also a poet and a novelist. He read Law at the University of Athens and worked as a practicing lawyer. He is a resident of Athens, married to novelist Lucy Dervis. His first book, a collection of four stories, appeared in 1982. In 1986 he published his first novel, 'The Great Procession" (Η Μεγάλη Πομπή) which obtained a Novel State Prize. In 1997 he was the Greek candidate for the European Literary Award (Aristeion) with his third novel, 'Zaida or the Camel in the Snow' (Ζαΐδα ή Η καμήλα στα χιόνια). Many of his books have been translated into French, Italian, German, English, Romanian and Polish. Panselinos has also translated novels from English and German.