Stavroula Papadaki was born in 1991 in Athens. She studied Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Psychology at the University of Athens, explored Greek and European poetry at the Takis Sinopoulos Foundation, and gained valuable experience as the founder of LYKOS, an online literary and arts magazine. She works as a creative director in the field of communication and branding, a scriptwriter for film, and an academic tutor at AKTO Art & Design College. Her writings have been published in both print and online literary magazines. Her debut poetry collection, And What Would People Say? (Kappa Publishing, 2023), was shortlisted for the 2024 Newcomer in Poetry Award by anagnostis literary magazine and received the 2024 State Prize for Emerging Writer.
