Gioconda

Nikos Kokantzis (1927-2009) was born in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece. He studied Medicine in Thessaloniki University and was specialized in Psychiatry (and then Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy) in London, where he lived for many years. Gioconda was published in 1975 becoming a classic overnight and was reissued by Patakis Publishers in March 2005, together with the publication of Nine Stories and a Libretto and a selection of his poetry under the title Quartet.