Λουντέμης Μενέλαος. Ο κονταρομάχος

Αθήνα: εκδ. Δωρικός, 1975. — 189 p. (in Greek)Menelaos Lountemis (Greek: Μενέλαος Λουντέμης, 1912 – 22 January 1977), was a Greek writer born in Constantinople. He inspired his pen name from his later homeland's river Loudias.
He was the only boy of the five children of Grigoris Balassoglou (who after fleeing Turkey and finding refuge in Greece changed it to Valassiadis) and Domna Tsouflidi. He first appeared in Greek literature in a very young age, publishing poetry collections in "Agrotiki Idea" of Edessa in 1927 and 1928, which signed under his real name (Takis Valassiadis). Circa 1930 he published poems and short stories of his in "Nea Estia" magazine. The first time he used his pen name was in 1934 for the short story "Μια νύχτα με πολλά φώτα κάτω από μια πόλη με πολλά αστέρια". He was awarded with the State Prize for Prose in 1938 for his short stories collection "Τα πλοία δεν άραξαν " and with the Golden Daphne Award in Paris in 1951. He was also awarded with the prize "Menelaos Lountemis" which was established in his honor by the Hellenic Association of Litterateurs and it is awarded annually to the best prose of the previous year. In his honor, in Bucharest a public building was named after him (Lountemis Mansion). According to Vassilis Vassilikos, "he is considered the most educated Greek after Nikos Kazantzakis".