Mara Meimaridi is an anthropologist, Ph.D. in the Medical School of the University of Athens. She was born and bred in Kastella and in the first place she graduated from the department of Philosophy …
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of t…
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about…
Betty Mahmoody (born June 9, 1945) is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a film of the same name. She is the Presi…
One could say that our outstanding author Alki Zei (Greek: Άλκη Ζέη) has raised with her books lots of children, apart from bringing up two of her own. Today’s children in Greece have additionally the …
Ο Βιζυηνός (English: Georgios Vizyinos) γεννήθηκε στη Βιζύη της Ανατολικής Θράκης, γιος πολύ φτωχικής οικογένειας. Σε ηλικία δέκα ετών, οι γονείς του τον στέλνουν στην Κωνσταντινούπολη κοντά σε ένα θε…
Greek writer. Described as a 'landmark of post-war literature in Greece, Taktsis (Κώστας Ταχτσής) wrote The Third Wedding (Greek: Tο τρίτο στεφάνι) partly in Australia. The book unfolds in the years b…
Dido Sotiriou (Greek: Διδώ Σωτηρίου) was born in Aϊdini of Asia minor, in 1909, the daughter of Evangelos Pappas and Marianthi Papadopoulou. In 1919 she moved with her family to Smyrni (Izmir) but foll…
After a long career as a journalist, media consultant and television producer, Jonas Jonasson decided to start a new life. He wrote a manuscript, he sold all his possessions in Sweden and moved to a s…
Γεννήθηκε στο Ηράκλειο της Κρήτης, όπου πέρασε τα παιδικά της χρόνια. Ο πατέρας της ήταν εκδότης εφημερίδας με ιδιαίτερα φιλελεύθερες ιδέες για την εποχή του και πάθος για τη δημοσιογραφία. Φοίτησε στ…
M. Karagatsis (Greek: Μ. Καραγάτσης) is the pen name of the Greek novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitris Rodopoulos. He was born in Athens, lived in Larissa and studied law in France. Th…
English:Dido Sotiriou Η Διδώ Σωτηρίου (1909-2004) ήταν μυθιστοριογράφος και δημοσιογράφος. Γεννήθηκε στο Αϊδίνι της Μικράς Ασίας, κόρη του Ευάγγελου Παππά και της Μαριάνθης Παπαδοπούλου. Το 1919 εγκατα…
Eργάστηκε για πολλά χρόνια ως μεταφράστρια δεκάδων έργων παγκοσμίως αναγνωρισμένων συγγραφέων για ενηλίκους και παιδιά, μεταξύ των οποίων και της αγαπημένης σειράς βιβλίων του Χάρι Πότερ. Έγραψε οκτώ …
Ankara’da doğdu. TED Ankara Koleji’ni ve Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Basın Yayın Yüksek Okulu’nu bitirdi. Hacettepe Üniversitesi’nde Eğitim İletişimleri konusunda yüksek lisans yaptı. 1980’den itibare…
Feride Çiçekoğlu, 1951 yılında Ankara'da doğdu. Maarif Koleji ve Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'nde okudu. Mimar olarak Fullbright bursu ile, Pennsylvania Üniversitesi'nde doktora tezini yazdı. İstanbu…
Ο Κωνσταντίνος Θεοτόκης γεννήθηκε στην Κέρκυρα και υπήρξε γόνος αριστοκρατικής οικογένειας, τα μέλη της οποίας ασχολήθηκαν με την πολιτική και τη διπλωματία ήδη από τον 14ο αι.. Παρακολούθησε στο Παρί…
Alexandros Papadiamantis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης) was an influential Greek novelist and short-story writer. He was born in Greece, on the island of Skiathos, in the western part of the Aegean …
Mónica Gutiérrez Artero nació y vive en Barcelona. Es licenciada en Periodismo por la UAB y en Historia por la UB. Su carrera profesional se ha desarrollado en el ámbito de la comunicación y la enseña…
Ο Πάνος Δημάκης κατάγεται από τα Βέρβενα, ένα ορεινό χωριό της Κυνουρίας στην Αρκαδία. Από την Κάπα Εκδοτική κυκλοφόρησε το πρώτο του βιβλίο, με τίτλο «Το Βερβενιώτικο Ιδίωμα» το 2018. Μια προσπάθεια σ…
(Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης) Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize…
