Tina Mandilara

About the author

Tina Mandilara was born in Athens and from a young age knew that she would embark on an Odyssey of her very own. When she was eight, she ran away from home with the goal of reaching Ithaki and, at the age of 12, she dreamed of travelling the world in a Citroën 2CV when she grew up. Since then, she hasn’t stopped travelling, except when she was studying: literature and philosophy at the University of Athens and post-graduate studies in Aesthetics (Essex) and Political Theory (LSE). She has translated books of beloved authors (such as Deleuze and Hobsbawm) and, since 2000, she has had the fortune of writing for magazines and newspapers in Greece (Anti magazine, To Vima, Lifo, Proto Thema, Athinorama Travel. For the moment, she is culture editor at Proto Thema and also edits Lifo’s book column).