Maria Aggelidou
Author, TranslationMaria Angelidou was born in 1957 in Athens and studied classical literature in Athens, Germany and Switzerland. Most of her books are historical fairy tales and have been translated into English, French, German and Spanish. She is also involved in literary translation and has translated over 500 books, half of which are for children. For young readers, she has also translated works by Shakespeare, Molière, Dante, Cervantes, Goldoni and others. She has received three awards from the Hellenic Society of Literary Translators for her translations. She served as president of the Panhellenic Association of Professional Translators and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Book Centre between 2000 and 2004.
