Andreas K. Andreou (Andreas Kapandreou) is a librarian and
writer. He studied Librarianship, Information Sciences and Educational Sciences
(Continuing Education).
He works at the University of Cyprus as the head of the
Information Systems and Technologies Department of the Library. He was a member
of the Council of the University of Cyprus, president of the Cyprus Association
of Librarians and Information Scientists (CALIS), and he is currently a member
of the Board of the Hellenic Spiritual Club of Cyprus (EPOK)
In 2010 he co-authored, together with Filippos Tsimpoglou,
the “Strategic Development Plan of the Cyprus Library: from reality to ideal,
through the possible”.
Since 2010 he maintains the blog @Andreas Kapandreou – http://andreaskandreou.blogspot.com/ where he deals
with literature, books and culture. Since September 2023 he edits and presents
the CyBC radio show "Logotehnia sta Ertziana" [Literature on Radio
Waves]. He has written 7 books (short stories, novel, poetry, children's fairy
tale) as well as lyrics for songs.
Books by Andreas Kapandreou
- "Ο μυστικός σύντροφος του Ρήγα: η άγνωστη μαρτυρία του Ιωάννη Καρατζά"
[Riga's secret companion: the unknown testimony of Ioannis
Karatzas] (2016)
- "Αρουραίοι: αλληγορική ιστορία πολιτικού προβληματισμού" [Rats: an allegorical story of
political reflection] (2023)
Short
Story Collections:
- "Το τρομακτικό μυστικό του Αϊνστάιν: αλλόκοτα διηγήματα" [‘Einstein’s scary secret: bizarre stories’], (2010)
- "Ο γιος της Μάγισσας: αλλόκοτες ιστορίες" [The son of the Witch: bizarre stories], (2012)
- "Η παράξενη ιστορία του Ευριπίδη Παπαδόπουλου και άλλα διηγήματα"
[The strange case of Euripides Papadopoulos and other short stories], (2019)
-"Το τέλος της Χιονάτης: ποίηση" ["The end of
Snow White: poetry"] (2017).
Einstein's scary
secret: bizarre stories is also available
in English as an e-book.
Some of Kapandreou’s
short stories have been published in English, Dutch and German.
