One of the greatest writers of the modern era, he appeared in the literary scene in the beginning of the 20th century. His work is varied: novels, poetry, drama, tragedies, philosophical essays, travel impressions, translations of Homer, Dante and Goethe.
Alexis Stamatis is a well known prolific Greek novelist that has published eight novels and six poetry collections. He has been hailed as “one of the most gifted writers of his generation” (Françoise Noiville, Le Monde) in both Greece and Europe.
Petros Markaris born 1 January 1937 in Istanbul is a Greek writer well known for his series of detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police investigator Costas Haritos.
Soti Triantafillou was born in Athens in 1957. After studying pharmacology in the Greek capital, she did her doctoral work in Paris at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in the fields of history and history of civilization.
Panos Karnezis was born in Greece in 1967 and came to England in 1992. He studied engineering and worked in industry but after an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia he is an “engineer” of words!
The novelist Vasilikos gained international fame when his novel "Z" became a successful film, directed by Costas Gavras. Born in Kavala, the son of a member of the Greek parliament, he studied law at the University of Thessaloniki.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris