Maria Agelidou

Maria Angelidou was born in 1957 in Athens and studied classical philology 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 translated works by Shakespeare, Molière, Dante, Cervantes, Goldoni, and others. She has been awarded three times by the Hellenic Society of Literary Translators for her translations. She served as the president of the Panhellenic Association of Professional Translators and was a board member of the National Book Centre of Greece from 2000 to 2004.