Results – evaluation – effects – reactions
WLS project and activities have proved to be exceptionally successful and precious for children’ literature in Greece. In the five decades of its function, its project “competitions for writing children’s books” contributed immensely to the flourishing of Greek children’s literature.
Today there is a whole generation of Greek
children’s book authors who made their debut in children’s literature field by
participating in the WLS competitions. Historical novels have been written for
almost every single phase of Greek History. There are also marvelous travel
novels precious for both children and grown-ups’ education; poetry of high
level and of the finest quality; dramas of unprecedented success; short stories
for younger children; novels that nourish the soul, satisfy every child’s
imagination and entertain the reader. A complete list of the 338 books awarded
or highly commended and the names of their authors can be found at the end of
this chapter.
The
WLS activities and achievements are enthusiastically commended in all Greek
reference books on children’s literature.
For example, Dr. V. Anagnostopoulos, Professor
at the University of Thessalia, writes in his book Taseis kai exelixeis tis paidikis logotehnias sti dekaetia 1970-1980 (Trends
and developments of children’s literature in the decade 1970-1980), published
by Oi Ekdoseis ton filon: Athens, 1987, in pages 25-26:
“We would not exaggerate if we claimed that the field of Children’s
Literature would have never presented such remarkable production, both in terms
of quantity and quality, if the Women’s Literary Society had not worked with so
much zeal and power since 1950s in an always harmonious cooperation with The
Greek Section of IBBY. Women’s Literary Society’s contribution has been of
historic importance while its action has greatly influenced, both thematically
and ideologically, the development of Children’s Literature in Greece. More
specifically:
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Its foundation, having as its single aim the promotion of children’s
literature books, constitutes a unique act of responsibility undertaken by our
spiritual people till then.
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It is the first time in the history of Modern Greece that Children’s
Literature Awards are announced.
Nothing similar has happened in previous times.
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It has also been the first time that a clear-cut object is set and that
is the development of local children’s literature, an event of national
importance.
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It was through its action that children’s-book-collections started
being enriched with books of high quality.
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It also made known young writers devoted to the hard task of writing
for children while it also guided a number of talented and responsible
individuals with the help of its remarks and reviews on their works.
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At last but not least, it contributed to the awakening of consciences
as far as children’s books are concerned and thus, single individuals as well
as the state followed its practices. It became the historical cause for a
number of subsequent and co-ordinate acts that ensured the upward course and
utilization of children’s literature. This is its greatest award as well as its
recognition.
The
following passage, written by the author and critic Antonis Benekos, [Afieroma stin piitria Rena Karthaiou (Tribute
to the poetess Rena Karthaiou), Athens, WLS: 1998, p. 4) consists another
example:
“To make things clear, as far as the field of Children’s Literature is concerned, we had never had a generation that changed the form and content of children books. That may have happened because that part of literature either remained in the shade of the literature culture in general or it had been unshaped yet owing to the fact that ‘the child’ had been ignored in the midst of the national eventful lurches during the interwar and postwar period. The ensuing ‘discovery’ of children as biological and spiritual entities will inevitably arouse the need of quest for corresponding spiritual food. Good children’s books could be nothing else but the vehicle for this…
Domestic production proved to be inadequate and unfeasible to express the physical, social, historic and cultural reality of our times and place, however. In consequence, children’s needs had to be covered by translations of foreign works…
…At first, the organization of the Women’s Literary Society appeared as a joint and structured endeavor of specific aims and pre-examined intentions: the modernization and rejuvenation of children’s books always based on plainly national and artistic criteria. And that functioned as a clarion call, as an invitation and alarm for all the creative powers and the social agents towards a common and sacred end that is children and the culture. At last but not least, it offered a specific context for creation always guided by the Modern Greek language and the Greek reality”.
The above views about the WLS total work are generally
accepted by the scholars and the theoreticians who deal with children’s literature
in Greece. This is why, for five decades now, every December, the Award Ceremony
organized by the WLS, brilliant in
its simplicity, is an outstanding event, attended by a large number of literature
personalities, university professors and members of the Athens Academy. A
video tape showing moments of the most recent ceremony, in December 2003,
is included in the nomination material.
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List of
winners in WLS competitions
(names of authors and titles in English translation)
1958
Short stories: Pipina Tsimikali, The kite
1959-60
Drama: Melissanthi, The
little brother
Novel: Yannis Vrachas, Where the eagles build their nests
1961
Novel: Despo Karveli, The feast of freedom
Poetry: Georgos Krokos, Children’s
palpitations
1962
Novel: Dimitris Bourounis, The blue meadow
Poetry: Haris Sakellariou, Cheerful
voices
1963
Novel: Pinelopi Maximou, A real fairy tale
Poetry: Tasos Papadopoulos, Songs
of a reel
1964
Poetry: Pavlos Krinaios, Angels
exercise-books
Stella Karintinou, Wings
Rita Boubi-Papa, The
Magic Flute
Maria Manolakou, Flying
high
Historicalal novel:
Angeliki Nikolopoulou, I will
be waiting for the freedom
Novel - free subject:
Eleni Valavani, My shoes and me
Eleni Lelekou, The winddriven hut
Haris Sakellariou, The
angry river
Pipina Tsimikali, In the plain, in our yard
1965
Travel novel:
Yannis Vrahas, In my
grandfather’s village
Poetry: Nikos Kanakis, Singing
for young children
Pavlos Krinaios, Good
morning, sun
Eleni Lelekou, The diary of captain Argyrakis (highly
commended)
Historical novel:
Takis Hatjianagnostou, Onward,
comrades!
Calliope Sfaellou, The
lion cub
Short stories for young
children:
Galatia
Gregoriadou-Soureli, Dancing in the wood
Short stories: Pipina Tsimikali, The fire (highly commended)
1966
Travel novel:
Angeliki Varella, Greece
and us
Galatia Palaiologou, On the bike (highly commended)
Science fiction:
Haris Sakellariou, The
three astronauts
Menelaos Mavridis, The
disappearance of Leonidas
Poetry: Christos Koulouris, Singing
in the spring
Nikos Kanakis, The thirsty fawn
Historicalal biography:
Eleni Valavani, Hellenic
figures
Galatia Grigoriadou-Soureli, Roots of freedom
Historicalal novel:
Takis Lappas, The glorious sally
Vasa Solomou, The
holy company
1967
Historicalal novel:
Kalliopi Sfaellou, The
shepherd and the king
Sofia Vasiliadou, Grandfather’s land
Novel - free subject:
Eva Vlami, The sorceresses of the deep
Poetry: Maria Goumenopoulou, Playing "the bee" (highly
commended)
Travel Novel:
Nikos Skiadas, The ten children
Fransie Stathatou, Stories
of the blue pinafore (highly
commended)
1968
Poetry: Maria Goumenopoulou, Little
bee is passing by
Kostas Kalapanidis, Talking with the stars
Short stories:
Pipina Tsimikali, Panagos
Fantasy - Free subject:
Alki Goulemi, The Golden Lily
Fransie Stathatou, Once upon a time there was a fairy
I.D. Ioannidis, The golden bow (highly commended)
Ecology:
Galatia Palaiologou, The children, the colours, the birds
Historical novel:
Georgia Tarsouli, Two young Greeks at the time of Nero
Roula Papadimitriou, In the glorious land of Macedonia
(highly commended)
Galatia
Grigoriadou-Soureli, Captain Kottas (highly commended)
Thalia Samara, The unbent
(highly commended)
1969
Novel – free subject:
Andreas Boutsikas, Konstantis
(highly commended)
Pipina Tsimikali, Up in the mountains, in Garyfallia’s sheep pen (highly commended)
Pinelopi Maximou, The
company of seven (highly gommended)
Poetry: Pavlos Krinaios, The chorus of the
waters
Maria Manolakou, Life, my love
Nitsa Georgeoglou, Pebbles on our sea shore (highly gommended)
Historical novel:
Athina Kakouri-Iakovidou, The fugitive
of Avlona (highly commended)
Angeliki Nikolopoulou, The
descent (highly commended)
Travel novel:
Galatia Palaiologou, With a boat
1970
Novel - free subject:
Nitsa Georgeoglou, Tom, Tommy and Co
Poetry: Dina Hatsinikolaou, Smiles
Historical novel:
Galatia Saranti, The gunpowder mills of Dimitsana
Yannis Spanopoulos, The
blue journey (highly commended)
Travel novel:
Georgios Sakkas, Our mountains talk
1971
Historical novel:
Fransie Stathatou, Light from Arkadi
Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Freedom
or death
Nikolaos Arvanitis, The brave one (highly commended)
Nitsa Georgeoglou, The secret of the Filiki (highly commended)
Travel novel:
Iro Papamoshou, The big vacations
Short stories for the very
young:
Maria Goumenopoulou, Tell me something, mammy
ZoeValasi, Sun-beam’s birth day
(highly commended)
Maroula Kliafa, The fairy tale of joy (highly
commended)
1972
Historical novel:
Kostas Tzamalis, In
Athens of Pericles
Zoe Kanava, Climping
up the Pindos mountains (highly
commended)
Short stories for the very young:
Hrisoula Hatziyanniou, My sun, my sun
Ersi Mantsoulinou, Tsouf-Tsoufi and Co
Drama: Dimitris Ferousis, The
centurion or The sweetest bell
Lakis Apostolidis, The friendship (highly commended)
Poetry: Rena Karthaiou, Kites in the sky
Georgios Krokos: Eagle
nests
Travel stories:
Sofia Zarabouka, Flit is travelling
Olympic games:
Elli Emke, What I saw and heard in Olympia
1973
Historical novel
Christoforos Malamas, The small church of Virgin Mary
in Corfu (highly commended)
Drama: Dimitris Ravanis-Redis, The small stage
Kostas Tzamalis, Croesus (highly commended)
Fairy tales:
Alki Goulemi, Mammy’s
fairy tales
Eugenios Trivizas, The
snowman’s fairy tale (highly
commended)
Poetry for young children:
Dora Falari, Tik-Tak, the clock
Poetry for elementary school
children:
Dina Hatjinikolaou, Children’s’
Flute
Travel novel:
Dimitris Ravanis-Redis, The strangest journey
1974
Historical novel:
Georgia Tarsouli, To the greatest general
Nitsa Georgeoglou, B.C.
in Vravrona (highly commended)
Short stories for young
children:
Dimitris Revanis-Redis, The twelve matches
Maria Goumenopoulou, Stories like honey (highly commended)
Poetry: Vasilis Haronitis, Dew drops
Georgia Leraki, Butterflies (highly commended)
1975
Historical novel:
Nitsa Georgeoglou, With
Alexander the Great for victory, or The freedom of a town
Katerina Tsatsoula-Glykofrydi, Mellisipos, an adolescent from Athens (highly
commended)
Drama: Fransie Stathatou, The goblin with the good heart
Novel, theme: The little brother
Loty
Petrovits-Andrutsopulou, The little brother
Sofia Fildisi, The little brother (highly commended)
Poetry: Dina Hatzinikolaou, Myrto’s
book
1976
Novel - free subject
Pipina Tsimikali, Summer
in fatherland
Drama: Voula Mastori, Once upon a time in a bee-hive
Poetry: Dimitris Manthopoulos, The
guitar of love
Novel - Free sunject:
Yolanda Pateraki, Our
little man
Short stories for young
children:
Eleni Nakou, Short stories for young children
1977
Poetry: Pavlos Krinaios, Myrto’s book
Niki Serafetinidou-Vourvouli, Everybody
dancing round (highly commended)
Drama: Aliki Siaveli, The
hut
Kostas Tzamalis, Tom
Thumb (highly commended)
Georgia Leraki, A
Christmas journey (highly
commended)
Travel novel:
Stella Galanopoulou , The company goes on a voyage
Short stories for young
children:
Dina Hatjinikolaou , My
first book
Hrisoula Hatjiyanniou, Where
are you going, Alkyoni? (highly
commended)
Zoe Kanava, Shall I tell you a story? (highly commended)
Drama: Christos Skandalis, Everybody goes to the town (highly commended)
Novel - theme:
“Our big brother”
Dimitris Manthopoulos, Our
big brother
1978
Historical novel:
Dimitris Manthopoulos, On the
front
I.D. Ioannidis, The three boys
Iakovos Kytheriotis, In the time of Lionheart (highly commended)
Drama: Maroula Rota, David
and Goliath
Yolanda Pateraki, A
successful trick (highly commended)
Poetry: Theti Hortiati, A swing that swings
Christos Pyrpasos, For
the small angels (highly commended)
Short stories for young children:
Ifigenia Albanopoulou, The
little stories of Maria
Lia Megalou-Seferiadou, The
very small
Avgi Papakou-Lagou, A
sunbeam narrates
Novel – theme: “The big brother”
Sofia Fildisi, Our big brother
1979
Historical novel:
Zisimos Virvilis, The secrets of the ocean
Novel - Free Subject:
Nitsa Georgeoglou, Horses
in the willows
Angeliki Armira, My paradise (highly commended)
Drama: Panayotis Pantazis, Konstantinos
Kanaris
Poetry: Georgios Krokos, The mouth-organ
Short stories for the very
young:
Loty Petrovits-Andrutsopulou, In the Sun’s neighbourhood
Zoe Kanava, The
birthday of the tortoise
Ifigenia Patra, The tree with the cherries (highly
commended)
Emmi Lambrinopoulou, Goodmorning, life! (highly commended)
Travel novel:
Yolanda Pateraki, The mystery of the blessed island
1980
Historical novel:
Haris Sakellariou, The
fire that doesn’t go out
Calliope Sfaellou, In the
shadow of the two headed eagle
(highly commended)
Historical biography:
Zisimos Virvilis, The
national martyr Grigorios the 5th and the Greek Revolution
Yolanda Pateraki, Sacrifice and glory (highly commended)
Poetry: Rena Karthaiou, Spring poems
Science Fiction:
Litsa Psarafti, Angels of the sky
Short stories about Byzantium:
Nitsa Georgeoglou, Once
upon a time in Byzantium
Short stories for small
children:
Stella Galanopoulou, Stories
about cats, fishes and little children
Book of love:
Maria Goumenopoulou, Sweet
bunch of grapes
On Greek children’s literature
(reference work)
Vasilis Anagnostopoulos, Tendencies and evolutions of Children’s
literature:1970-1980
1981
Drama: Theti Hortiati, The feast
Maria Goumenopoulou, The seventh
dwarf (highly commended)
Manos Thanopoulos Taratatzoum (highly
commended)
Historical novel:
Nitsa Georgeoglou, Flames
on the sea
Christos Skandalis, With
the craftsmen of St. Sofia (highly commended)
Travel novel:
Litsa Psarafti , Us, the Aegean sea and the Samotherium
Short stories for young
children:
Fani Prapavesi, The
Fish market “The living fish”
Spyros Epaminondas, I have
something to tell you (highly
commended)
Poertry: Andreas
Konstantinidis, Myrto’s Book
Novel – theme: “The
working child”
Loty Petrovits-Andrutsopulou, Boy wanted
1982
Novel - Free subject:
Soula Rodopoulou-Rozou, Fourty sieves
Yolanta Pateraki, How the victory was won
Poetry: Christos Goudas, Little songs for little
children
Maria Goumenopoulou, The
sun and the sea
Eleftheria Tzavara, Greek
roots (highly commended)
Short stories for young
children:
Hrysoula Hatziyanniou, The
ceramic pitcher
Maria Goumenopoulou, The
sweetmeat (highly commended)
Eleni Hatzimichail, The
album of my child (highly
commended)
Angeliki Strataki, The
wheat of love (highly commended)
1983
Historical novel:
Zoe Kanava, An unforgettable page
Cristos Skandalis, The marble girl weeps
Drama: Eugenios Trivizas, The
scarecrow’s dream
Poetry: Andreas
Konstantinidis, The freshwater spring
Short stories for young
children:
Spyros Epaminondas, So
many fairytales
Travel novel:
Litsa Psaravti, In the East of a thousand faces
Short stories for young
children:
Katerina Mouriki, Little
Riri returns
Kiki Giannakopoulou, The
children and their toys (highly
commended)
Sofia Sfakianaki-Xenaki, The little girls and the many little animals
None competitive:
Lydia Avloniti, The salty journey
1984
Historical novel:
Andreas Konstantinidis, The
great struggle
Drama: Antonis Delonis, The
children play the grown ups
Maria Goumenopoulou, Stone
flowers (highly commended)
Short stories for young
children:
Eugenios Trivizas, The
blue butterfly
Dina Hatzinikolaou, The adventures of Tom Thumb
Filomila Vakali-Syroyannopoulou,
The stork and his company
1985
Archeological novel:
Kira Sinou and Eleni
Apostolopoulou-Hoek, The hand in the deep
Novel - Free Subject
Fransie Stathatou, The other mother
Novel about the history of the book:
Christos Skandalis, Near the Glykis publishers
Hrisoula Hatziyanniou, History
of the book
Travel novel:
Nitsa Georgeoglou, Two
journeys in two towns
Short stories for young
children:
Hrisoula Hatjiyanniou, The
little ship of the sky
Kati Donga, A
penny with a hole
1986
Poetry: Dimitris Nikoretzos, Words
of the heart
Georgis Kypriotakis, Poems
for my little friends
Voula Arvanitidou, A
village called Peace
Voula Arvanitidou, The shell and its song (highly commended)
Drama: Lia Hatjpoulou-Karavia, Our
neighbourhood
Archeologic novel:
Christos Skandalis, In ancient Dodoni
Historical Novel:
Niki Pelagidou-Anastasiadou, Once upon a time in Caucasus praise
1987
Novel – free subject:
Litsa Psaravti, The
Pharaoh’s curse
Short stories for young
children:
Loty
Petrovits-Andrutsopulou, What the Time wants
Eleni Hatzimihail, Dear
father
Veatriki Sabatakou, A
basket of fairy tales (highly commended)
Short strories:
Andreas Konstantinidis, True
stories
1988
Archeological novel:
Nena Patra, Suddenly this summer in Oropos
Christos Skandalis In
Ancient Ambrakia (highly commended)
Novel - Free subject
Kira Sinou, The contract of the tower
Yannis Vrahas, My
bright moon (highly commended)
Short stories:
Filomila Vakali-Syroyannopoulou
, The magic violin
Alexandros Tapakis, The windows of time (highly commended)
Dionysios Anagnostopoulos, Twenty srories (highly commended)
Anna Kalogirou-Pavlou, The chasm of Generaion and Harmony
(highly commended)
Drama: Lia Hatzopoulou-Karavia, Young and old, all together
Vasiliki Fotiou, The atomic disarmament (highly
commended)
Kika Poulcheriou-Ioanna Argirou,
All going round (highly commended)
Toula Kakouli, The wizard of Peace
Poetry: Elsa Hiou, Songs of the island
Theti Hortiati, Poems for children
Dimitris Manthopoulos, Gibberish
Hrisoula Skandami, In Greece, our land
Maria Manolakou, With the wings of the rhymes
1989
Novel about Athens:
Veatriki Kantzola-Sabatakou, The town of magic
Science-fiction:
Yannis Bartzis, U.F.O. in the village Degeliotika
Tolis Nikiforou, Strasapol, the gold hunter
Novel about Macedonia
Eleni Kitsopoulou-Themeli, Children in the struggle, Macedonia 1821
Lasaros Manos, On the land of Macedonia (highly
commended)
Novel “Greece and the sea”:
Elsa Hiou, Near the shore (highly commended)
Short stories for the very young:
Eleni Douka-Gagani, The story of a butterfly which fell in love
with a swallow
Litsa Panayotopoulou, The sky-blue town
Fotini Milona, The magic button
Veatriki Kantzola-Sabatakou, Fairy tales and myths
1990
Poetry: Antonis Delonis, Personal
Nikos Kanakis, Three collections in one
Nitsa Kiassou, Sun, the trouble maker (highly
commended)
Maria Lambrinou, Good
morning, sun (commended)
Drama: Veatriki Kantzola-Sabatakou,
Mad adventures in a fairy wood
Maria Avramidou & Maria Pilioti, All the people are friends, the earth is a
turning globe
Vasiliki Fotiou, The beautiful queen (highly commended)
Short Stories:
Elli Venizelou, Here comes the hat (highly commended)
1991
Novel - theme: “With the sea in my heart”
Nitsa Georgeoglou, Written on the waves
Nitsa Kiassou, The aegean sea waves
Novel - theme “A story of life”:
Angeliki Nikolopoulou, When the persians...
Ioulia Zannaki-Lialiou, The last game (highly commended)
Novel - theme “Journey to Smyrni
(Ismir)”
Elsa Hiou, Hear me, my son!
Novel - theme “A teenager looks
for a writer”
Nena Kokkinaki, Natalia (highly commended)
1992
Novel - theme “A teenager looks
for a writer”:
Nena Kokkinaki, In the pages of a year
Novel about the unforgettable
Greek homelands
Maria Pilioti, The
silver ceser
Novel about Art and Sports:
Veatriki Kantzola-Sabatakou, The sixteenth summer
Short stories:
Elli Venizelou, The small of jasmine (highly commended)
Miltos Tsirkas, My tender years (commended)
Poetry: Kostas Kalapanidas, The small winged horse
Drama: Kika Poulheriou &
Ioanna Argirou, The green and the blue
1993
No prizes were awarded
1994
Novel – theme: “A teenager looks for a writer”:
Eleni Mantelou, Do you
think so, Elias? I do, Myrto!
Novel about a teacher:
Yannis Bartzis, Ti...
Ri... Glik…
Novel about an animal:
Katerina Anagnostou, The Emreror’s donkey
Manthos Papangelos, The skylomnagas - A guard against dogs (highly commended)
Katerina Anagnostou, Stories for the cicads (highly
commended)
Drama: Vasiliki Fotiou, Goodnight, Mother!
Merkourios Avtzis, If
the children could build the future (commended)
Poetry: Sofia Paraschou-Hatjidimitriou, The sea school (commended)
Yiota Partheniou, Semila (commended)
1995
Novel – theme: “Doctors without
frontiers”:
Toula Boutou-Souvalioti, Doctors ourside the trenches (highly
commended)
Novel - theme: “A teenager looks for a writer”:
Antonis Delonis, The confession
Novel about a teacher:
Nannina Sakka-Nikolopoulou, Courage in the dark night (highly
commended)
Novel about a Greek migrant:
Elli Paionidou, The sirens of Manhattan
Novel about the unforgettable
Greek homelands:
Hrisi Kanaki-Yianitsiou The stolen sunray
Lambrini Marangou, Footprints in the sand (highly
commended)
Short stories from the Greek
folklore:
Elsa Hiou, The ghosts of the plain
Katerina Anagnostou, The gang of the cuckoos (highly
commended)
Shorts stories for the very
young:
Olvia Papailiou, For the love of a fairy tale
Eleni Tsialta, The star that was afraid of the dardk
Rena Zairi-Rossi, The small drops of the sea (highly
commended)
Poetry: Yannis Santarmis, The beautiful years
Markos Pappas, Songs
and wings
1996
Novel about the unforgettable
Greek homelands:
Ioulia Zannaki-Lialiou, The river from the north
Makis Antonopoulos The little shepard from Panayia (highly
commended)
Vasilis Papatheodorou, The school performande (highly
commended)
Novel – theme: “The smile of a
child”:
Lili Mavrokefalou, My grandmother Maritsa
Drama: Viky Thalassinou, Welcome, Dionysos!
1997
Novel -free subject:
Lena Merika, Lakis and his
world (highly commended)
Novel - free subject, by new
writers:
Theodora Georgoudi: Don’t be afraid, children! (highly
commended)
Fantasy: Merkourios Avtzis: The song of the blackbird
Ioulia Zannakou-Lialiou, The
tears of the nature (highly commended)
Lilian Kiritsi, Red
thread, help! (highly commended)
Poetry: Dimitris Papaharalambous, The moon in the hen-coop (highly commended)
Andreas Konstantinidis, Give me your hand, Grandad! (highly commended)
Lena Merika: A cat of good
family (commended)
1998
Travel novel:
Nannina Sakka-Nikolopoulou, With
the gaze turned towards arasia
Novel against racism:
Nitsa Kassiou, A godmother
for Denada
Novel - free subject, by new
writers:
Kiriakos
Margaritis, Georgis of Karpasos (highly
commended)
Vasilis Papatheodorou, Alpha
(highly commended)
Fantasy: Merkourios Avtzis, The little wise man of Biblipout (highly commended)
Aliki Melissidou-Siaveli, Toodbuy,
town of Heaven (highly commended)
Poetry: Sofia Filntisi, Poems for children
Sofia Paraschou-Hatjidimitriou, Little fireflies
Eleni Hristoula-Pantelodimou, The
evening star getw up in Larissa (commended)
1999
Novel about the unforgettable
Greek homelands:
Vangelis Iliopoulos, Ready for some time
Novel - free subject for younger
children:
Yannis Remoundos, How was it in Volos, Kostaki?
Young adult novel on a free
subject, by new writers:
Yannis Petropoulos, The smell of gunpowder (highly
commended)
Afroditi Evangelidou-Tselaki, About war and peace (commended)
Poetry: Olga Sehidou, Drops, streams and riverls (commended)
Lena Merika, The
machinations of the sly virus (commended)
Angeli Papageorgiou, Near
the fireplace (commended)
Mirianthi Panayotou, Snails
in the rain
Rena Ktitsaki, Moonrays
2000
Novel - free subject:
Theodora Georgoudi, From the cherry tree to Internet
Novel about the first governor
of Greece:
Kiriakos Lerakis, Ioannis Kapodistrias and his age
Young adult novel on a free
subject
Aliki Melissidou-Siaveli, The years of rebellion
Elli Paionidou, The
green tower (highly commended)
Novel about a mother:
Afroditi Evangelidou, Persa (highly commended)
Drama: Vangelis Iliopoulos &
Vangelis Papadakis, Three teapoats in a
valise (commended)
2001
Drama: Magda Piki &
Hrisanthi Syropoulou-Lambou, Fairy tales
Mary Metaxa-Paxinou, My land, my land (highly commended)
Ismini Konstantopoulou, Once
there was a pumpkin plant (highly commended)
Novel – theme: gastronomy and
human relations:
Lena Merika-Thedorakakou, Patatina
Mary Yperidou-Hatzi, Right
you are, Athanasoula! (highly
commended)
Novel about a hero
Fransi Stathatou, Alexandros, Dafni and the golden weapons
Novel - free subject:
Eleni Perikleous, The boy who…
Vissaria Zorba-Rammopoulou, A St Claus at every corner (highly
commended)
2002
Novel - free subject
Tzemi Tasakou,The secret path
Yiannis Remoundos, The hunt for the hidden treasure
Vissaria Zorba-Rammopoulou, The little drummer of the exarheia place (highly
commended)
Hrisi Yantsiou, Life is beautiful (highly commended)
Poetry: Anna Iakovou, Summerlight
Rena Ktistaki, The liitle guitar player
Ilias Kefalas, The little trumpet (highly commended)
Filomila Vakali-Syroyannopoulou,
Stories with a rhythm (highly
commended)
Novel about the unforgettable
Greek homelands:
Haralambos Katsaras Once
upon a time in Smyrna (highly commended)
Detective novel:
Yannis Remoundos, The secret of the 21st bead (highly
commended)
Novel – theme: “Doctors without
frontiers”
Lena Merika, The Doctors of the New World
2003
Novel about the unforgettable
Greek homelands:
Tsemi Tasakou, The
chest with the invaluable pearls
Detective novel:
Vissaria Zorba-Rammopoulou, The summer storm
Poetry: Anna Iakovou, Patience (highly commended)
Drama: Vissaria
Zorba-Rammopoulou, Ninian