Giannis Paschos was born in 1954 in Giannena, He is a late bloomer in the world of letters as his first career was in academia; he is an Ichthyology Professor, with tens of articles published in peer reviewed journals, who has participated in many international conferences and has been a consultant to major projects both for the Public and the Private sector. In 2016 he was awarded a special prize for his scientific contribution to the field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Giannis has been struggling with dyslexia since childhood and beautifully describes how he scraped thought school in his recent memoir, Chronicles of a Dyslexic<\/em>, which received one of the most established literary awards in Greece from Anagnostis magazine in June 2023 and subsequently a National Book Award for a Book that promotes a sensitive issue in March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His literary work contains poems, collections of short stories, novels and essays, some of which remained unpublished for years. In March 2005, Lila Teman<\/em>, his first collection of poems was published by Odos Panos Publishing. The works which followed were the collection of poems Life without Time Schedule<\/em> (eds. Melani, 2007), the short story Lord have Mercy<\/em> (eds. Agon, 2008), the collection of short stories One Night for One Year<\/em> (eds. Melani, 2009), the essay Pisces as a Symbol and Artifact<\/em>: Attempts of Interpretation (collective work, eds. Indiktos, 2010), the collection of short stories Do Not Leave<\/em> (eds. Indiktos, 2013), the collection of poems Large Canals (eds. Melani, 2015), the collection of short stories The Magical Tales of Don Domingo <\/em>(Perispomeni Publications, 2017), the collection of short stories Beware of the Infants<\/em> ( Perispomeni Publications, 2020), and the memoir Chronicles of a Dyslexic<\/em> (Perispomeni Publications, 2022),Christ Pleading with His Body to Climb Down from the Cross <\/em> (Perispomeni Publications, 2024),Birds of paradise <\/em>(Perispomeni Publications, 2024). In 2019 he curated and participated in the collective project Conversations with the most silent creature in the world<\/em> \u2013 72 experiential stories written by ichthyologists (published by Athens Voice Books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His collection of short stories One Night for One Year<\/em> (eds. Melani, 2015), was shortlisted for best short stories collection award of Diavazo magazine. It is about to be published in French by Editions Desmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The collection of short stories The Magical Tales of Don Domingo (eds. Perispomeni, 2020) is currently being reprinted and its opening shortlisted for publication in English by Asymptote Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His memoir Chronicles of a Dyslexic<\/em> which only came out in August 2022 is already being reprinted for the fifth time. Award of Anagnostis magazine 2023 and National award 2023. In February 2024 it premiered as a sold out theatre monologue in Peiraos 104<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Giannis has his own monthly column at the literary magazine Hartis, where he contributes short stories https:\/\/www.hartismag.gr\/giannhs-pasxos, a selection of which, around the common theme of imaginary water creatures, is about to be published this winter also by Perispomeni (working titles Oures<\/em>, ie Tails<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John is so prolific, he also occasionally collaborates with the literary magazines Anagnostis https:\/\/www.oanagnostis.gr\/ and Frear https:\/\/frear.gr\/ .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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