Sonia Zacharatou has worked in newspapers, magazines, and public television, contributing to numerous social and cultural programs. Among them, «Οι Τέχνες είναι επτά» (The Arts Are Seven) was distinguished as one of the eleven best in Europe by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union, and was hosted for a period at the Centre Pompidou. For her social research, she received awards from the Hellenic National Committee of the United Nations and the Hellenic Red Cross. She has also presented her own radio shows on 98.4, ERA, and on the Greek-language program of Bavarian Radio.
From 2007 to 2017, she collaborated with BHMAgazino on a series of interview-based psychological portraits.
She has been involved in literature since her adolescence, and her early poems appear in anthologies of young poets. She writes novels, poetry, and theatre.
Her short story «Το πένθος της σελήνης» (The Moon’s Mourning) received an award in an international competition of the Association Cultural Hellenica Nostos in Argentina.
She has published 14 books.
Her work «Madre Dolorosa – Ο έρωτας» (Madre Dolorosa – Love) was presented as a staged reading in Athens and in other regions of Greece, performed by Karyofyllia Karabeti and directed by Dimitris Kantiotis. Under his direction as well, her play «Ο εχθρός μου» (My Enemy) was performed by Georgia Zoi and Vangelis Stratigakos at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation.
In 2016, her play «Όνειρα με τη μαμά» (Dreams with Mother) was presented at the international festival «Αναλόγιο 2016» (Analogio 2016), directed by Enke Fezollari and performed by Panagiota Vlanti and Jenny Theona.
In 2023, again within the framework of the international Analogio Festival, her play «Νοσταλγία» (Nostalgia) was staged at the Stathmos Theatre and at the Theocharakis Foundation, starring Haris Symeonidou and directed by Eirini Tzavara.
Music curation: Maria Reboutsika