Eugene Trivizas is one of Greece’s leading writers for children. Although he studied law and specialises in criminology, he has published more than 120 children’s books and has become the most well-known and beloved Greek storyteller (or as we’d say in Greek, “paramithas”).
Trivizas’ work is characterized by humour, subversives, depth and the unexpected retelling of classic stories, which makes it a pleasure to read for both children and adults at different levels.
For his lasting contribution as a children’s writer, he has received more than twenty national and international literary prizes and awards and has also been a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006.
His life Eugene Trivizas was born in Athens, where he also completed his studies in law before moving to the UK to pursue an academic career in criminology. He has worked with the UK Home Office and Scotland Yard as part of his research and has published almost as many papers on different aspects of criminology as he has children’s books. Quite an unexpected background for someone who conjures stories about princesses, pirates, animals who talk, and dragons, and has the ability to narrate them in such a soft-spoken and optimistic manner.
His work The driving force behind Trivizas stories is the question of what could possibly happen after the classic end line “and they lived happily ever after”. He tries to imagine what would happen if the story continued. His aim is to entertain children (and more mature readers) and cultivate their imagination.
