Krystalli Glyniadakis

Krystalli Glyniadakis, Poet, Translator, and Academic. Born in Athens in 1979, Krystalli Glyniadakis studied Political Science at the London School of Economics (LSE). She completed her Master’s degree in Media Theory at the University of Westminster and earned her PhD in Creative Writing from Bournemouth University. Glyniadakis is one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Greek poetry, exploring themes of identity, exile, language, and both personal and collective memory with an intimate yet direct tone. Her first poetry collection, London – Istanbul, was published in 2009, followed by The Out-of-Place Elements (2014) and The Return of the Dead (2017), which was awarded the Greek National Poetry Prize. Her poems have been translated into multiple languages, including English, Turkish, Spanish, and Italian. In addition to her writing, Glyniadakis is an active literary translator, bringing major works from English and Norwegian into Greek, including renowned authors such as Karl Ove Knausgård and Jo Nesbø. She also leads creative writing workshops and works as an editor and researcher for cultural projects.