THodoros A. Grammatas

Theodoros Grammatas was born in Mytilene in 1951. He graduated from the School of Philosophy at the University of Athens in 1976 and pursued postgraduate studies in Philosophy and Theatre Studies in Paris at the Universities of Paris III, Paris X, and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. He received his doctorate from the University of Paris X in 1979 with a dissertation titled "The Notion of Freedom in Nikos Kazantzakis." Since 1994, he has been a professor in the Department of Primary Education at the University of Athens, specializing in Modern Greek Theatre and Culture. His research and teaching interests include modern Greek theatre, comparative theatre studies, the sociology and semiotics of theatre, theatre for children and young people, and theatre in education. He is a member of the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge and the American Biographical Institute and was awarded the Nikos Kazantzakis Prize in 1991.