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Vassilis Alexakis ((ギリシア語:Βασίλης Αλεξάκης); born Athens, 12 December 1943) is a Greek-French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French. ==Biography== Alexakis, the son of actor Giannis Alexakis, was born in Greece. He first came to France in 1961 to study journalism at the university in Lille and returned to Greece in 1964 to perform his military service. Because of the military junta he went into exile to Paris in 1968 and stayed. Today he spends most of his time in Paris but also travels regularly to Greece.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Recueno, Maria (2010): Vassilis Alexakis' Language. The Confusion between Language and Identity. )〕 Part of his experiences of his military service in the experimental Armed Forces Television (TED) was depicted in the cult Greek 1984 film ''Loafing and Camouflage'', directed by Nikos Perakis, who served alongside Alexakis in TED. Alexakis' analogue is Pvt. Savidis, played by Giannis Chatziyannis. In his literary work he continues to draw from both Greek and French culture. In 1974 he published his first book ''Le Sandwich'', written in French. The first book directly written in Greek was ''Talgo'', published in 1981. By writing ''Talgo'' and later on ''La langue maternelle'' directly in Greek, he wanted to prove himself that he was still able to write in his mother tongue.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kantcheff, Christophe (1995): Vassilis Alexakis. Croquis d'un Grec. In: ''Le Matricule des anges'' 14. )〕 He self-translated ''Talgo'' into French and since then he writes each book in French and Greek. In darkly humorous prose, he combines autobiography, history, fantasy, and suspense.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vassilis Alexakis: Ecrivain et dessinateur grec )〕 In 2006, ''Les mots étrangers'' was translated by Alyson Waters and published under the title ''Foreign Words''; this was the first of his novels to be translated into English. In 1995, he received the prestigious Prix Médicis for ''La langue maternelle''. In 2007, he received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for ''Ap. J.-C.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=France Info (2007): Vassilis Alexakis reçoit le grand prix du roman de l'académie )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vassilis Alexakis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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