Nektaria Anastasiadou is the 2019 winner of the Zografeios Agon, a Greek-language literary award founded in 19th-century Constantinople. Her first novel, A Recipe for Daphne, written in English, was published by AUC Press in 2021. In 2023, Anastasiadou represented Turkey and Greece as a visiting fellow at the University of Iowa’s prestigious International Writing Program. Her second novel, At the Foot of Eternal Spring, written in Istanbul Greek, was published by Papadopoulos in 2023. She is a contributing editor for The Markaz Review.
Nektaria Anastasiadou is the 2019 winner of the Zografeios Agon, a Greek-language literary award founded in 19th-century Constantinople. Her first novel, A Recipe for Daphne, written in English, was published by AUC Press in 2021. In 2023, Anastasiadou represented Turkey and Greece as a visiting fellow at the University of Iowa’s prestigious International Writing Program. Her second novel, At the Foot of Eternal Spring, written in Istanbul Greek, was published by Papadopoulos in 2023. She is a contributing editor for The Markaz Review.
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