Biographical Note (2009) Alexis Stamatis Was Born In Athens, Where

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE (2009) Alexis Stamatis was born in Athens, where he currently resides. He studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and received graduate degrees in Architecture and Cinematography in London. He is the author of eight novels and six books of poetry; his work has been translated into English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. His second collection of poetry, The Architecture of Interior Spaces, was awarded the Nikiforos Vrettakos Poetry Prize in 1994. His novel American Fugue (Kastaniotis, 2006) was awarded an International Literature Award from the NEA and was published this year in the US. Two of his monologues (The Last Martha, Genesis) have been staged in theaters in Athens. His latest novel is Kill your darlings (Kastaniotis, 2009). Alexis Stamatis has represented Greece at several international book fairs and literary seminars, including the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, which he attended through a Fulbright Foundation Artists and Art-Scholars Award. He currently works as a columnist for the Ethnos daily newspaper. email: [email protected]