He tried several other careers, e.g., stockbroker's clerk, photographer, radio wireman, sales representative, cashier. His work experiences inspired the book The Tribulations of a Commercial Traveller. Afterwards, he devoted himself to painting and literature. Among his friends were the photographer Robert Doisneau, the accordionist Jo Privat whose biography he wrote, and the wrestler Tasso Miades. Lépidis loved his fellow Parisians. He described their happy and friendly character, but also wrote of the dark side of Paris during the German occupation when many Jews and Armenians, his friends and neighbours from Belleville were rounded up. These he depicted in the novel The Armenian. At his death in 1997, he left behind many works of literature, including poetry, short stories, and novels. His work was rooted in both the Mediterranean and his own Belleville neighbourhood. Awards
 La Rose de Büyükada (1963) - winner of the Prix des Deux Magots
 Le Marin de Lesbos (1972) - winner of the Prix du roman populiste
 L'Arménien (1976) - winner of the  and Prix de la Société des gens de lettres

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Category:French people of Greek descent
Category:1920 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:Writers from Paris
Category:Grand Prix du Roman winners
Category:Prix des Deux Magots winners
Category:20th-century French novelists
Category:French male novelists
Category:20th-century French male writers
He tried several other careers, e.g., stockbroker's clerk, photographer, radio wireman, sales representative, cashier. His work experiences inspired the book The Tribulations of a Commercial Traveller. Afterwards, he devoted himself to painting and literature. Among his friends were the photographer Robert Doisneau, the accordionist Jo Privat whose biography he wrote, and the wrestler Tasso Miades. Lépidis loved his fellow Parisians. He described their happy and friendly character, but also wrote of the dark side of Paris during the German occupation when many Jews and Asians, his friends and neighbours from Belleville were rounded up. These he depicted in the novel The Asian. At his death in 1997, he left behind many works of literature, including poetry, short stories, and novels. His work was rooted in both the Mediterranean and his own Belleville neighbourhood. Awards
 La Rose de Büyükada (1963)-winner of the Prix des Deux Magots
 Le Marin de Lesbos (1972)-winner of the Prix du roman populiste
 L'Arménien (1976)-winner of the and Prix de la Société des gens de lettres
 References 
Category: French people of Greek descent
 Category: 1920 births
 Category: 1997 deaths
 Category: Writers from Paris
 Category: Grand Prix du Roman winners
 Category: Prix des Deux Magots winners
 Category: 20th-century French novelists Category: French male novelists Category:20th-century French male writers