Stavros Xintaras was born and raised in the Karagounidiko village of Artesiano or Pitsari in Karditsa, in 1963, when the Karagounidiko Dialect was still spoken by a large part of the plain of Western Thessaly.

He studied Theology, Psychology, and Business Administration. He teaches Religious Studies and History in secondary education schools. At the same time, he has served as a Director in schools of the same level of education.

He engages in research on Folk Culture and the History of the plains of Thessaly, the language of the Karagounides, and their traditional way of life. He has been a member of associations and societies and has published articles in magazines related to promoting the Folklore and History of the Karagounides of Western Thessaly.

Additionally, for decades, he has recorded all the words and phrases he remembered and heard from his childhood and adolescence, confirming the significance of each word individually, conducting interviews with older individuals, and utilizing the material he gathered alongside existing literature.

This dictionary is the first reference work in a series of books related to the Folklore and History of the Karagounides of Western Thessaly.