We welcomed author Ifigenia Theodorou to the studio of Voice of Greece, on the occasion of her receiving the Nikos Themelis Award for her book “Είναι μια Θάλασσα”. The book is a collection of short stories featuring the same characters from her debut work, “Χρυσός, Λιβάνι και Σμύρνη”, now living in present-day Athens. These are characters who, as she herself notes, are still in search of that primordial sea—homeland that embraces and consoles like a nurturing mother.
Ms. Theodorou speaks about her 35-year relationship with Greek communities abroad, shaped by her lived experiences as the wife of a Greek diplomat. These experiences became the catalyst for embarking on her writing “adventure,” which began with “Χρυσός, Λιβάνι και Σμύρνη”—a book she completed after a three-year stay in Smyrna. Since then, she has gifted us with a total of seven books, both novels and short story collections.
Listen to Ifigenia Theodorou in her interview on Voice of Greece.