Costas Taktsis

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Costas Taktsis


Born
in Thessaloniki, Greece
October 08, 1927

Died
August 25, 1988

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Greek writer. Described as a 'landmark of post-war literature in Greece, Taktsis (Κώστας Ταχτσής) wrote The Third Wedding (Greek: Tο τρίτο στεφάνι) partly in Australia. The book unfolds in the years before and after World War II through the flowing personal narrative of two women: Ekavi and Nina, who speak in a direct and everyday language about what they live through. Unable to find a publisher in Greece he published it at his own expense in 1962. The book has been translated into 18 languages. The French edition was released by Éditions Gallimard in 1967, translated by Jacques Lacarrière. In 1969 it became the first Greek novel published by Penguin Books. A new English translation by John Chioles, was published as The Third Wedding Wreath ...more

Average rating: 4.12 · 4,652 ratings · 297 reviews · 16 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Third Wedding

4.15 avg rating — 3,930 ratings — published 1963 — 36 editions
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Τα ρέστα

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3.93 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions
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Το φοβερό βήμα

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4.06 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions
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Η γιαγιά μου η Αθήνα : κι ά...

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3.98 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions
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Από την χαμηλή σκοπιά

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3.68 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1992
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Το τρίτο στεφάνι από τη μερ...

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4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2002
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Καφενείο "Το Βυζάντιο" και ...

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3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions
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Ποιήματα. Νέα συγκεντρωτική...

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Ένας Έλληνας δράκος στο Λον...

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2.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002
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Συγγνώμην, εσείς δεν είσθε ...

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3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1994
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“Suddenly, I could see it all so vividly: the cruelty and inhumanity of self-righteous people, who like to think that they're saints, pure as the driven snow.”
Costas Taktsis, The Third Wedding

“You really liked having him in jail, like people who shut birds up in cages on the excuse that they're protecting them from their enemies.”
Costas Taktsis, The Third Wedding

“I'd learned never to be a snob until I got to know a person's worth; and how can you get to know a person well if you don't have coffee together?”
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