Prose


Kythreotis, Christos

Kythreotis, Christos

Christos Kythreotis was born in Nicosia in 1979 and grew up in Athens. His first book, the short story collection «Just Fine» («Μια χαρά», Patakis, 2014, 2nd ed. 2021), received (by half) the National Book Award of Greece for Debut Book, and it was also short-listed for More

MAKROPOULOS, MIHALIS

Mihalis Makropoulos was born in Athens in 1965 and studied biology in the University of Athens. He has published thirteen books for adults (novelettes, short story collections, a travelogue in Epirus) and four books for children. His novelette Mavro Nero (Black Water, 2019) was awarded with the National More
VARVARIGOS, DIMITRIS

VARVARIGOS, DIMITRIS

Dimitris Varvarigos was born in Athens. He has studied script writing, playwriting and literature “awarded by the writing school”. He has written books for children, teenagers and adults. His book called “Hypatia”, became a movie entitled /called “Agora” and theatrical play More
XENIOS, NIKOS

XENIOS, NIKOS

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2003-2022: I teach at the Music School of Alimos. I write literary and theatre critique, for the last ten years, with the book website bookpress.gr Since 1999: I am a member of the Hellenic Center of the International Theater Institute I.T.I. (ΕΚΔΙΘ). Since More
GOZIS, YORGOS

GOZIS, YORGOS

Yorgos Gozis, Thessaloniki 1970. Possesses ΒΑ, Theology by the Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki and an MA in Ecclesiastical History, Christian Worship, Archaeology and Art, field of Hagiology. Fluent speaker of English, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Montenegrin and Bosnian language. More
GOURGOURIS, STATHIS

GOURGOURIS, STATHIS

Stathis Gourgouris is a poet, essayist, translator, and sound artist. He was born in Hollywood but grew up in Athens. He earned his PhD in Comparative Literature at UCLA in 1990. Subsequently, he taught in a number of universities: Princeton, Michigan, UCLA, National Polytechnic, Yale, More
KOLOTOUROU, SOFIA

KOLOTOUROU, SOFIA

Sofia Kolotourou was born in Athens in 1973. She studied Medicine at the University of Crete (1998) and specialized in Cytology (2003). In 2022 she graduated from the Postgraduate Programme in Creative Writing of the University of Western Macedonia (stream: literature). She is deaf. She was Chair of More
AFENTOULIDOU, ANNA

AFENTOULIDOU, ANNA

Anna Afentoulidou is a philologist. She is a holder of a Master's Degree in Creative Writing (postgraduate studies in Surrealism and in Cypriot literature). She is a poet (Short List of State Poetry Award 2014 of the Ministry of Culture) and a literary critic. She is the author of 6 books and participated More
GONIS, THODORIS

GONIS, THODORIS

Thodoris Gkonis works in theatre. He writes novels, poems and lyrics for songs. He anthologies and adapts literary texts, travelogues and testimonies which he also directs in theatre. At this period of time he is artistic director in Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kavala and in Philippi Festival.   More
MAROUTSOU, ELENA

MAROUTSOU, ELENA

Elena Maroutsou was born in Athens in 1967. She has studied History at the School of Philosophy (University of Athens) and has had her M.A. in Literature and the Visual Arts at the University of Reading. She teaches Literature and Creative Writing and she writes book reviews, which appear regularly in More
ZOURGOS, ISSIDOROS

ZOURGOS, ISSIDOROS

Isidoros Zourgos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1964. He studied Pedagogy and served as teacher in the Elementary Education. In the past, he had collaborated with multiple magazines publishing poetry and prose, as well as bibliographic reviews. He had also engaged with literature More
MICHAELIDES, TEFCROS

MICHAELIDES, TEFCROS

Tefcros Michaelides, a Cyprus native, lives in Athens, Greece. He has studied in Paris, France and holds a PhD in Mathematics from Pierre et Marie Curie University. He has published original work on the interaction between mathematics and literature from antiquity to the modern era, on the More
LILLIS, GIORGOS

LILLIS, GIORGOS

Giorgos Lillis was born in Bielefield, Germany in 1974, and raised in Athens. In 1996 he went back to Bielefield where he still lives and works. In 1999 he published his first poetry collection  Το δέρμα της νύχτας  [Τhe skin of night] (Odos Panos editions). Since then More
DOUKAS, YIANNIS

DOUKAS, YIANNIS

He studied Greek Philology and Classics in Athens and Digital Humanities at King’s College London. He earned his Ph.D. in Classics from NUI Galway, working on intertextuality in Late Greek Epic and its digital representation. Some of his poems have been included in anthologies and translated into More
KAKAROGLOU, LEONIDAS

KAKAROGLOU, LEONIDAS

Leonidas Karakoglou was born in 1952 in Chania. He studied at the National Metsovion Polytechnic School. He lives in Chania. He has published nine poetry collections, two novels, a historic book and an autobiography. Many of his poems have been set in music by Greek composers. His collection, Almost More