Soti Triantafyllou

Soti Triantafyllou
Born (1957-12-00)December 1957
Athens, Greece
Occupation Writer, historian
Nationality Greek
Period 1985–present

Soti Triantafyllou or Triantafillou (Greek: Σώτη Τριανταφύλλου; born 1957) is a Greek writer, historian, scholar and leading member of the modern generation of Greek writers. She is based in Athens and Paris.

Education

Soti Triantafyllou was born in downtown Athens. She attended English-Hellenic Elementary School and graduated from Arsakeion High School. Her further education includes: Diplôme d’Etudes de Lettres et Civilisation Françaises, Université de Nice, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Nice, France (1979), Bachelor of Science; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece (Oct.1979), Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA), Faculty of History and Civilizations, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (with professor Marc Ferro), France (1981), PhD, American History and Civilization, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (thesis on “The Image of the U.S. Through the Hollywood Comedy 1946-1960” with Professor Marc Ferro), France (1984), PhD, History of American Cities, NYU (Thesis “Los Angeles, California and Athens, Greece: Urban Patterns” with professor Jean Heffer) (1989). She did post-doctoral research at the Centre Koyre in Paris (History and Philosophy of Mathematics) and at the EHESS (Russian Studies).

Career

Soti Triantafyllou has worked as a columnist for 35 years. She has contributed to most Greek dailies and magazines writing about international politics. She has also worked as professor of history and film studies at the Hellenic Film School, (1985-2000) and she has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia (Creative Writing) and at Aegean University (Faculty of geography and Urbanism, Mytilene, Greece (2004-2007)). Her academic work includes the project “The Image of Los Angeles in the Movies” (with Professor Jean Heffer) for the Centre d’Etudes Nord-Américaines, Paris, France (1984-1985). Her 10th novel, "Rare Earths", came out in October 2013. She is trilingual (Greek, English, French) and she translates from four languages including Italian and German.

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Fiction

Essays

Short stories in anthologies [selective bibliography]

Translations [selective bibliography]

Articles [selective bibliography]

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