Eugene Trivizas
The Sandis Productions Children's Department is proud to be collaborating with Eugene Trivizas on a number of shows.
Dr. Trivizas has published many books on literature and he is one of Greece's leading writers for children . He has produced more than a hundred books of enduring popularity, all of them currently in print. These include ‘The Bold Hedgehog’, 'The Crocodile who went to the Dentist’, ‘The Tunnel Dragon’, ‘Pegasus and Mendios’, 'The Island of No Cats', 'Despina and the Dove', and his very successful comic-book - and now television - series ‘Fruitopia’.
His first book for children published in the English language was The Three little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. The Economist wrote about this book that 'only the most talented of writers can tamper with a classic nursery tale and produce something almost as amusing and thought-provoking as the original'. It has reached the second place in the American best seller list for picture books, has won many distinctions (including A.L.A. notable book and A.S.L.J. Best book and the 'Parents Choice Amazing Accomplishment Award' and has been translated in fifteen languages. The book caused an international debate about the stereotypes of evil in children's literature.
Reviewers have described Trivizas as 'a miracle worker who brings to life a whole new world and as 'the author who with a distinctive combination of lyricism and surrealism, humour and poetic imagination has revitalised the whole of our children's literature.'He has received more than twenty national and international literary prizes and awards.
All twelve of his plays have been produced with enormous and justified success all over Greece and Cyprus, from big city theatres to halls in little villages which have never before witnessed any kind of theatre, where the actors who play the villains often need police protection from astonished audiences. More recently, they have also been performed to great acclaim in the United States. Much of E. Trivizas' other work has also been transfered to the stage, and serialised for television as well as the radio. He is currently the most frequently performed writer of plays for children in Greece. In 1986 his play 'The Carecrow' was placed on the International Board on Books for Young People's "Honour List" and awarded a Diploma for excellence in writing,it was then honoured by the I.B.Y.Y. in 1986 and in 1992 was presented in the British Museum Theatre as part of the European Arts Festival. That same year, his play ‘One Thousand and One Cats’ won the first prize in the World Theatre Competition organised by the Polish Centre of Art for Young People. Our musical adaptation of his play The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig is due to Premiere in Oxford and London in May 2004.
Dr. Trivizas is also responsible for the teaching of criminology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Reading.
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