Angeliki Darlasi is one of the most loved and awarded Greek authors for children’s books. Her works received countless prizes and recognitions at national as well as international level. In Greece, she won twice, among the others, the National Prize of Children’s Books, and the National Prize for the writing of theatrical plays for children. For three times, she obtained the IBBY Greece Prize for kids’ literature.
At the international level, her works entered in the selections for White Ravens and IBBY Honour List. For 2024, on the proposal of IBBY Greece, she was the Greek writer nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her books were translated in French, Turkish, Korean, German and Italian. A lot of her books have been re-adapted for theatre, puppet theatre and cinema.
She lives and works in Athens.
Il ragazzaccio
Ispirato alla storia vera del direttore d’orchestra che ha salvato dalla strada tantissimi bambini grazie alla musica