Christos Asteriou

Christos Asteriou was born in Athens in 1971. He is a writer and translator who served as head of the German department at the European Center for Literary Translation (EKEMEL) and later worked as an investment consultant for a Greek bank before transitioning to education. For five years (2016–2021), he taught translation and history of the Greek language at the Free University of Berlin. Among other distinctions, he has received the literary fellowship of the Berlin Academy of Arts, the artistic fellowship of the Fulbright Foundation, and the literary fellowship of the Berlin Senate. He has been a member of the Litrix program committee of the Goethe-Institut, and since 2025, he has served as vice president of the Hellenic Authors’ Society. He was also a founding member of the House of Literature in Lefkes, Paros, one of the first art residencies in Greece. A devoted attendee of the Berlin International Literature Festival, he always dreamed of a similar festival in the heart of Athens.