Zahos Hadjifotiou

Zachos Hadjifotiou was born in Athens in the picturesque district of Plaka. He lived, as he himself often says, in a town resembling a theatrical setting.At the age of seventeen just out of school and when the Germans in 1941 occupied Greece he fled to the Middle East and fought in Tobruk, El Alamein and with the Rimini Brigade in Italy. After the war he got involved for a while with the family business but later left for Paris where he lived for several years. On his return to Greece he took up journalism as a columnist in most of the prominent daily newspapers. He is a prolific author of fourteen books some of which made record sales. He is also the author of verses put to music by distinguished popular musicians, has written plays for the theatre and has translated and adapted theatrical plays staged with He has worked for twenty three years, on television and became famous by his daily five minute political - humoristic talk show. He has traveled extensively, took part in car rallies and always was and still is very much of a ladies man. He was deputy Mayor of Athens.Today, at the age of ninety (something) appears on many television talk shows and still drives fast cars...