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Award-winning writer Thanasis Valtinos passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92.
It appeared in letters in the 1950s and became established in the following years with great books that were discussed, such as "Orthokosta", "Synaxari of Andreas Kordopatis" and "Deep blue, almost black".
He was born in Karatoula, Kynouria. During the occupation and the civil war, his family moved to different cities. Since 1950 he has lived in Athens, where he attended courses at the Political Science department of Panteion University and at a film school.
He first appeared in literature in 1958 with the short story "Katakalokiro" in a competition of the magazine Tachydromos.
In 1963 he published the short story "The Descent of the Nine", which referred to the civil war.
Source: First Theme
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