[1][2] Described as a "landmark of post-war literature in Greece",[3] Taktsis wrote The Third Wedding (Greek: Το τρίτο στεφάνι, romanized: To tríto stefáni) partly in Australia.

The book unfolds in the years before and after World War II through the flowing personal narrative of two women: Ekavi and Nina, who speak in a direct and everyday language about what they live through.

[5] Greek broadcaster ANT1 TV produced a television series based on the book in 1995 with Nena Menti in the role of Nina and Lida Protopsalti as Ekavi.

[7] Multi-lingual, he also translated ancient Greek drama, mainly Aristophanes' comedies (The Frogs, The Clouds, The Birds (play), Lysistrata), as well as foreign literature.

From the beginning of 1954 to 1964, he travelled and lived in Australia where he was befriended by the Australian modernist painter Carl Plate, various Western European countries, Africa and the United States, practicing various trades, from seafarer to sous-chef in a restaurant.