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Φωτεινή Τσαλίκογλου
Fotini Tsalikoglou was born and raised in Athens. She staudied at the University of Geneva under Jean Piaget and specialized in Clinical Psychology.She is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Panteion University in Athens. She is the author of several novels including The daughter of Anthi Alkaiou, I dreamed I was well, Eros pharmakopoios, Bertha s gift, All of the world’s Yes, I, Martha Freud, Mipos” (with M. Karapanou), 8 hours 35 minutes, The moving (Move on Eurydice, translation by Mary Kitroeff), The Greek Patient, and a collection of short stories The strange stories of Mrs Fi. Many of my novels have been translated into several languages. Some of my novels have been performed on stage.
Scientific director of television documentaries on different issues related to social exclusion such as womens prison, psychiatric wards, immigrants. My actual work (with cineaste Penny Pannayotopoulou) ‘’The magic of people’’ (Tο magiko ton anthropon) is about life stories related to the human power of overcoming loss, grief, and despair.
Her scientific books include: Schizophrenia and murder: In search for the lost paradise, Mythologies of violence and repression, The myth of the dangerous mentally ill, The psychology of everyday life, Psychology: The traps of the self-evident, Soul in the land of things, Future belongs to surprise, You don’t love me, you love me: The paradox of maternal love (the letters of M.Lyberakis to her daughter M. Karapanou, Lessons of death and life. Yalom in Athens’’
Professional awards
Her novel 8 hours 35 minutes The Secret Sister (Εuropa Editions), translated by Μary Kitroeff, was included in World Literature Today’s list of notable translations for 2015.
The Italian version, La sorella segreta, translated by Maurizio de Rosa, won Greece’s National Award for Literary Translation.