Takis Kampylis

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Biography

Takis Kamboulis was born in Nafplion. He started his career as a journalist at Nea in 1986 as a reporter and later as editor-in-chief. In 2006 he worked as managing editor at Eleftheros Typos, and then at Kathimerini from 2007 to 2010 as a contributor and columnist. From 2010 to 2014, he was general manager of the municipal radio station of the Municipality of Athens, Athens 9.84. He has published two novels: Giants and beans and recently General Symptoms.

Nominated book : (General Symptoms)

Summary

Five characters, one story: the unknown Greek volunteer at the vaccine experiments, the angry son of the bankrupt merchant, the bedridden mother, the clumsy coffee maker and the unemployed, ambitious journalist. Their footsteps seem ordinary, everyday – like the general symptoms of a virus, which we evolved with as we emerged together from caves to savannahs, fields and cities. All five heroes, in the midst of the pandemic, get caught up in a “good guy” civil war that breaks out in a neighborhood in Athens, with all the aftermath: the amortization of people, motivation, and other assets. All five become protagonists of the same murder. A novel of monologues, where everything – even crime and self-sacrifice – is done in the most conventional way: without the will of the perpetrator or with the wrong victim…

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Related publications

Various authors

Special publications
2023