VASILIS
KATSIKONOURIS
Vasilis Katsikonouris has written the plays Milk, California Dreamin’, The Harley Jacket, Makis, The Missing, Kangaroo, among others.
These works have been performed at the National Theatre, Dimitris Horn Theatre, Stoa Theatre, Metaxourgeio Theatre, Ellinikos Kosmos, and the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation.
In Cyprus, his plays have been staged by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (THOC), the Dionysos Theatre, and the ETHAL Theatre, among others, as well as in Poland, Serbia, and Germany. In 2011, his play Milk was adapted into a film, for which he also wrote the screenplay.
He has been awarded State Theatre Prizes by the Ministry of Culture, a prize in an international competition held by the Onassis Foundation, and audience awards from Athinorama magazine.
In 2012, his novel Bambushka was published by Kedros. In 2016, his short story collection The 7:45 pm Crack was published by Kastaniotis Editions. In 2018, Kastaniotis also published his next collection of short stories, Checkered Children, Striped Fathers.
His plays have been published by Kedros, Sokolis, and Kappa Ekdotiki. In recent years, he has also worked as a director. He lives and works in Athens, where he teaches English in secondary education.