Elli Roussidou

Elli Roussidi was born in 1973 in Athens. She studied English literature and 18th-century poetry, as well as translation at the Metropolitan College of Athens, with additional studies in Translation at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She speaks English, Spanish, and French. Since 1994, she has been working as an English teacher and translator. She is married and has a daughter. Her work is notably influenced by metaphysical poets such as S.T. Coleridge and E.A. Poe, as well as authors of metaphysical horror like H.P. Lovecraft, Clive Barker, and Derleth, along with the playwright and creator of the Theatre of Cruelty, Antonin Artaud.