Avgoustos Korto Biography
Avgoustos Korto (Greek: Αύγουστος Κορτώ) is the pen name of the Greek author Petros Hadjopoulos (Πέτρος Χατζόπουλος). Korto was born in Thessaloniki, in 1979. In addition to the fourteen novels, novellas and short stories collections he has published over the years, he has also worked extensively as a translator, and has translated into Greek numerous works by English-language writers, amongst them books by Nabokov, Banville, Updike, Annie Proulx and Cormac McCarthy.
In 2004 Corteau won the Greek National Book Award for Children's Literature and the IBBY Prize for Best Children's Novel. In 2014, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. His latest novel, The Book of Katherine, chronicled his mother's lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder.
It was adapted for stage by George Nanouris in 2014, starring Lena Papaligoura in the leading role and musician Lolek in the musical background of the performance.
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