Vangelis Raptopoulos

Vangelis Raptopoulos[1] [Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος] (born 1959, Athens, Greece) is a Greek novelist. His first work In Pieces was published in 1979, at the age of 20. From 1980 to 1981 he lived in Sweden and in 1984 spent a half-year in the United States on an International Writing Program scholarship.

Vangelis Raptopoulos
Born	1959 Athens, Greece
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Greek
Period	1979–
Genre	male
Website
vangelisraptopoulos.wordpress.com

His first two books have been adapted for the television,[2] Loula, Black Wedding and The Invention of Reality have been adapted for the theater, while The Bachelor was brought to the screen[3][4] and became a major box-office hit (more than 150.000 viewers). The Cicadas came out in English[5][6] and The Incredible Story of Pope Joan in Italian.[7][8] He has published around 30 books.[9]

He has worked as a consultant in Greek publishing houses, a scenario consultant on various television channels, a newspaper columnist, a screenwriter, a producer and speaker on radio programs, a professor of creative writing for the Hellenic Open University. His personal archive has been donated to the Gennadius Library.[10]