Dimitrios Stefanakis
Dimitrios Stefanakis (born 1961) is a Greek novelist who was born on the island of Kea and studied law at Athens University. He has written several novels including Film Noir, You’ll be Fighting the Gods, Aria, The World from the Beginning and Days of Alexandria. The latter won the Prix Mediterranee in 2011 and has been translated into both French and Spanish. He is currently a judge for the same prize. Dimitrios has also translated the works of several English-language authors into Greek, including Saul Bellow, John Updike, Margaret Atwood, and E.M. Forster. He was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his literary work.