Theodor Kallifatides

A writer, he has published more than forty books of fiction, essays and poetry translated into several languages. He was born in Greece in 1938, and emigrated to Sweden in 1964, where he began his literary career. He enrolled at Stockholm University in philosophy. Graduated, he worked at said university as a professor between 1969 and 1972 and began his career as a writer in 1969 with a book of poetry, but he has received recognition mainly thanks to his novels. He has translated great authors such as Ingmar Bergman and August Strindberg from Swedish into Greek, as well as Giannis Ritsos or Mikis Theodorakis from Greek into Swedish. He has received many awards for his work both in Greece and in Sweden, the country where he currently resides, such as the Greek National Prize for Testimonial Literature for The past is not a dream. Another life has received the Cálamo “Extraordinary 2019” Award. In 2020, he has published The Siege of Troy and Mothers and Children.