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Asterios Tsikras was born in Katerini, Greece, on November 25th, 1962. He studied Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Opera at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. He has written award winning plays for the Theater: "A Respectable Death" (1990, "Debut Author Honorable Mention", Hellenic Ministry of Culture), "Suddenly, in a Clearing" (1991, "2nd State Theater Award", Hellenic Ministry of Culture), "Lives Measured in Steps" (1992, "3rd State Theater Award", Hellenic Ministry of Culture), "With a Pair of Wings" (2005, "3rd State Theater Award" Hellenic Ministry of Culture, "Having the Fear of God" (2005, "Award at the 3rd Onassis International Competition Awards", competition among 550 plays from 65 countries). In 2001, his first novel "Magic spells Magic" was published where he was nominated for "Best Writer" in the "Men of the Year" contest of "Status" monthly magazine. In 2002, the novel was chosen from the National Book Center of Greece to be presented at the "International Book Fair of Frankfurt". In 2004, he published his second novel "The Chronicles of an Unappreciated Poet". In 2008, his episodic stage comedy "Who Ate the Apple, at Last?" was presented at the Architecture Rock Club by student actors of the "Iasmos Drama School" in Athens. He also has collaborated as a writer on the TV weekly show "InfoLand" (ERT-2) for 2 seasons and wrote articles for the Greek film magazine "Cinema". In 2010, 2011 and 2012 his 3-minute-long screenplays, respectively titled, "Never Mind!", "You Dirty Dog!" and "Terror Sleeps Outside your Door!", received the "Publishing Award" at the T-short Script Writing Contest. He recently finished writing two feature length film screenplays, while at the same time he is in search for a publishing house for his third novel, titled "The Big River".
