Spyros Sigma

Spyros Sigma (the pen name of Spyros Smoilis) was born in Corfu. He studied medicine at the University of Athens, where he also earned his doctorate and specialized in surgery. He practiced his profession in hospitals in Athens for forty years. In his free time, he passionately traveled the Aegean and three percent of the world, engaging in amateur photography, painting, hunting, and cooking. He is a member of ELIA (Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive), the Hellenic Society of Physician Writers, and the Friendly Society of Scientist Artists. He made his literary debut in 1981 with the novel "The Slaughter of Insects," published by ELIA, which was a major publishing success and was described by critics as a "literary event." In the summer of 1982, he wrote the novella "Stories of the Sun" in Pano Koufonisi, which was published in 1991 by Smili Publications. In the same year, "The Slaughter of Insects" was reissued in its second and third editions by Smili Publications, along with the novel "The Sad Heron," which went through three editions in one year, receiving reviews that stated "... it is a personal writing style new to Greek literature." The novel "Loves in the Time of War" was written in 110 days and nights, not because he wanted to, but because it escaped from his mind, where it had been incubating, guarded for twenty-three years. In 2017, he participated in the short story anthologies "For the Night" and "Stories of Passion and Cooking" by Kyma Publications. "The Sound of Words" is his first poetry collection.