Alexis Stamatis was born in Athens, where he currently resides. He studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and received graduate degrees in Architecture and Cinematography in London. He is the author of nine novels and six books of poetry; his work has been published in eight countries (US, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Serbia). His novel American Fugue (Kastaniotis, 2006) was awarded an International Literature Award from the US National Endowment for the Arts published this year in the US. His play Dakrygona is been staged in Kefallinia’s street theater. His latest novel is Sunday (Kastaniotis, 2011).

Alexis Stamatis has represented Greece at several international book fairs and literary seminars, including the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, which he attended through a Fulbright Foundation Artists and Art-Scholars Award.