Thanasis Triaridis

Who is Thanasis Triaridis?

Thanasis Triaridis is a Greek author dealing with various literary genres such as short story, novel, drama, poetry and fiction. At the same time, he writes aesthetic essays on Western civilization and political articles. Since 2009 participates in publishing digma. His narratives have been translated into English, French and Italian, while all texts are available from his website.

His first novel, Deathwind Breathing on Cupela, 2000, was welcomed by the critics as one of the most important Greek works that combine aestheticism with magic realism. His novel Lemonmellons was considered blasphemous and pornographic; for this reason it was first published on the web in 2005 and two years later, in 2007, as a book.

Since August 2009 he is a conscientious objector, as he denied reserved recruitment. Through his political texts he is placed over one fiery liberalism versus political violence, racism and totalitarianism. In the period 1996-2001 he was a DROM activist for the social rights of Gypsies. He is a lawyer, documentary screen writer, etc.

Contemporary theatrical performances of his plays:

Historia de un amor or Ants, January 2013 - May 2013, co-starring and co-directing: Pemi Zouni and Costas Philippoglou.