Aloi Sideri

Aloe Sideri (1929-2004) was born in Lixouri, Kefalonia. She studied History - Archaeology and English Philology at the University of Athens. From 1955 to 1985, she taught literature in mainly private secondary schools. Following the political changeover in Greece, she became one of the key figures in the trade union movements of OIELE for many years. Her translation work is also significant, having translated important authors from French, Italian, and English (such as J. Swift, S. Savarese, N. Manea, O. Scott, H. C. Andersen, Casanova, among others). She is credited with revolutionizing the translations of Byzantine chroniclers (Anna Komnene, Procopius, Michael Psellos) in the late 1980s, making these texts more accessible to the modern readership. She also translated works by Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Lucian, Heliodorus, as well as the "Collections of the Miracles of Saint Demetrius" by Archbishop John the Anonymous. Aloe Sideri published five poetry collections, a short story collection, chronicles, philological studies, and a two-volume historical treatise. Her poems and essays have been featured in literary and political magazines. She also frequently collaborated with the State Radio and Television on programs of literary and social content. She was a member of the board of directors of the Society of Authors.