Writing
Giorgos Skabardonis
Place of birth
Thessaloniki, Greece
Known for
Writing
Credits
2 titles
Giorgos Skampardonis (Greek: Γιώργος Σκαμπαρδώνης, Thessaloniki, November 1953) is a prose writer and journalist from Thessaloniki. He was a key collaborator and director of several magazines and newspapers in the city (Enteufkterio, Th' 97, Macedonia, etc.). He also collaborated with radio and television stations. In his short stories and novels, with realistic writing, he deals with everyday life in Thessaloniki during the German Occupation and the more recent past. Giorgos Skampardonis was born in Thessaloniki in 1953. He studied French Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He collaborated with the magazines Enteufkterio, O Paratiritis, Parafyada and Tram. He directed t…
Known for
7.5Three separate stories about lonely men from Northern Greece facing turning points in their lives. In "A Silver Coin on the Lips", a bereaved archaeologist works in the ruins of ancient Philippi and embarks on a journey to heal from a major loss; in "The Last of the Lesser Whites", a dedicated game warden helps ornithologists track an endangered lesser white-fronted goose along the Evros River Delta; and in "Vietnam", a dejected furniture wholesaler from Kilkis deals with a painful breakup by drinking in a loud, remote club, leading to an emotional collapse.
It's a Long Road
1998
5.8During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.
Ouzeri Tsitsanis
2015
Behind the camera
7.5Three separate stories about lonely men from Northern Greece facing turning points in their lives. In "A Silver Coin on the Lips", a bereaved archaeologist works in the ruins of ancient Philippi and embarks on a journey to heal from a major loss; in "The Last of the Lesser Whites", a dedicated game warden helps ornithologists track an endangered lesser white-fronted goose along the Evros River Delta; and in "Vietnam", a dejected furniture wholesaler from Kilkis deals with a painful breakup by drinking in a loud, remote club, leading to an emotional collapse.
It's a Long Road
1998
5.8During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.
Ouzeri Tsitsanis
2015