These are the shortlists for the 2021 State Literary Awards

The short lists of the State Literary Awards 2021 (2020 editions) were announced by the Ministry of Culture.

The competent committee came up with the Shortlists for the State Prize for Literature 2021 (Novel Prize, Short Story Prize-Poetry Prize and Poetry Prize), the State Essay-Testimony Prize 2021, as well as for the State Award for Newcomer Author 2021.

The accompanying report of the Commission examines the trends of literary production and assesses the level of literary works of the current period (publishing year 2020).

The following is a short list of the 2021 State Literary Awards. The names of the authors, by category, are listed in alphabetical order.

Short List for the State Novel Award:

Nikos Davvetas, Men without men, Patakis publications

Dimitris KarakitsosDon lieutenant, Antipodes publications

Elena MaroutsouBeasts, Polis publications

Michalis ModinosParaguay, Kastaniotis publications

Dimitris OikonomouThe Last Guardian, Ikaros Publications

Louisa PapaloizouThe mountain, To Rodakio publications

Costas Chatziantoniou, The crown of the eggs. A Byzantine manuscript, published by Kastaniotis

Short List for the State Short Story – Novel Award:

Costas VrachnosVladivostok, Nefeli publications

Maria LainaHow beautiful life is, Patakis publications

Michalis MakropoulosThe sea, Kichli publications

Andreas NikolakopoulosAcceptance of inheritance, Ikaros publications

Stratos MyrogiannisMythomania, Gutenberg publications

George PavlopoulosAs far away from home as possible, Stereoma publications

Ursula FoskolouThe Virgin of Insects, Kichli publications

Thanasis HatzopoulosHistorian present, Polis publications

Christos ChristidisNaked, Enteftirio publications

Short List for the State Poetry Prize:

Efthymia Giosa, The departures are already bored in Eden, Kedros publications

Myrsini GhanaI have other things I love, Ink publications

Anna GrivaDemons, Ink publications

Giannis Doukasthebes memphis, Polis publications

Dionysis KapsalisNotes on world music, Agra publications

Maria Laina, Whatever happened. People and ghosts, Patakis publications

George PrevedourakisSmall names, Panoptikon publications

Thanasis TriaridisThe sea will wash us away, Gutenberg publications

Short List for the State Essay – Critics Award:

Dimitris Arvanitakis, The education of the citizen. The French presence in the Ionian (1797-1799) and the nation of the Greeks, University Publications of Crete

Efi Gazi, Unknown country. Greece and the West at the beginning of the 20th century, Polis publications

Emmanuela Cantzia (introduction-ed.), Dimitrios Kapetanakis. Works – Volume One: The Published (1933-1944), published by the National Bank Educational Foundation

Christina Koulouri, Skirts and chlamys. Historical memory and national identity 1821-1930, Alexandria publications

Iraklis D. LogothetisLoan Nation, Smili Publications

Nikos Potamianos, “Spectacles of impudence”. Social history of the Carnival in Athens, 1800-1940, University Publications of Crete

Short List for the State Prize for Witness – Biography – Chronicle – Travel Literature:

Nikos Alivizatos, Two steps forward, one back. 8 + 1 turbulent decades, Metaichmio publications

Stratos N. Dordanas – Vaios NunThe Lives of Others, The Stasi and the Greek Political Refugees in East Germany (1949-1989), Epikentro publications

Costas Katsapis (ed.), Words of fire. Youth radicalization and calendar writing at the dawn of the Metapolitism, Purple Squirrel publications

Vana BusheThe daily life in Greece of Otto, published by Estia Bookstore

George – Ikaros Babasakis, Coco in Copenhagen. The novel of the Metapolitism, Nisos publications

Andreas K. Bouroutis, Holocaust in Thessaloniki. The Italian Attitude and the Jewish Students of Uberto Primo, Alexandria Publications

Nikos Papanastasiou, Microphone resistance. Pavlos Bakoyannis against the dictatorship of the colonels, Papadopoulos publications

Shortlist for the 2021 State Newcomer Award:

Spyros GoulasLast year puts them for good, Polis publications

Excellent ZaimiStravaigin – wandering world, Melanie publications

Maria Blanain the crack of cement – the city in the way of haiku, Smili publications

Phoebus EconomidesNorth, Hestia Bookstore publications

Tonia Tzirita-ZacharatouSecond youth, Thrace publications

George ChiotisI remove the word from inside me, Shakespeare’s publications

Committee on State Literary Awards, Annual Literature Awards and Grand Prix of Letters, Outstanding Writer Award, Special Thematic Award and Essay-Testimony Awards

Alkistis the WiseAssociate Professor at the Modern Greek Institute, Department of Classical Studies, Sorbonne University, Faculty Member, President

Sophia DennisiProfessor of History and Literary Criticism at the School of Fine Arts, Faculty Member, Vice President

Eleni PapargyriouAssistant Professor of Modern Greek Philology at the University of Patras, Faculty Member (participation until December 2021)

Dimitris NollasAuthor

Elias KafaoglouAuthor

Dimitris AthinakisAuthor

Nikos VatopoulosCritic

Konstantinos KaravidasLecturer at the Department of Philology of the University of Ioannina, Critic

Eftychia PanagiotouCritic

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