Tsirks, an Alexandrian Greek, lived and worked in Egypt for more than fifty years before settling in Athens. He is unquestionably one of the most popular and gifted writers of the Greek post-war period.

This fascinating film portrait utilizes biographical data including letters, notes, and diaries, as well as aspects of the author's life as expressed and presented in his novels. Tsirkas' life was a constant struggle for political and social issues, both in Greece and in Egypt.

Tsirkas' work includes the acclaimed trilogy Drifting Cities, the novel Lost Spring, and the essay Kavafis and his Era (which won the Greek State Prize in 1958). Drifting Cities was translated into French in 1971 and was awarded the French Critics Prize for the best foreign novel of the year. It has also been translated into English, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Arabic. His collections of poems, novels and political articles and translations have left an indelible mark upon modern literature.