About Gregory

Gregory Papadoyiannis was born in Crete in 1961. He has a university degree in law and journalism, and also studied film directing. He is the person in charge and also writes about book & cinema on the website www.eyelands.gr

His career history includes work with newspapers, magazines, radio and television for well-known broadcasting organisations and television stations, initially as a sports correspondent and later as a columnist and editor and has collaborated in redacting various travel guides.

 At the same time he was worked as a translator, working in collaboration with prominent publishing houses. He was also active within the realm of theatre. In 1991 he received the top national award for new playwriters. In the following years he received two times the 2nd prize in the national contest for playwriters. He also wrote a novel, a short stories collection and a comic album. 

Books (published in Greece):

-          At the Almighty, hereunto, comic album, 1988

-          The situations,  play, 1992

-          The Philadelphus case, science fiction novelette, 1999

-          Sniff, novel, second edition, 2008

-          The city beyond the river, collection of short stories, 2011

-           52 eyelands, strangedaysbooks, 2013

The rest of the time he was travelling in the islands…