Georgia CHaidemenopoulou

Georgia Chaidemenopoulou grew up in Thessaloniki, where she is originally from. She is a teacher appointed at a high school in Rhodes. She graduated with honors from the Department of Italian Philology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and completed a postgraduate program in Literature and Culture. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Italian Philology at AUTH, specializing in Italian Literature and Literary Translation. Georgia is an author of children's fairy tales. Her books, "A Cube of Fairy Tales" and "The Source of Knowledge and Other Fairy Tales," won first prizes at the Sikeliotika 2011 and the Keratsini Arts, Science, and Culture Society 2012 awards. In Italy, her book "Le Ragioni del Cuore," which includes her poems translated into French and Italian by herself, is available, along with a book of her fairy tales translated into Italian, titled "Sette Favole…Sette Colori dell’Arcobaleno" (Seven Fairy Tales…Seven Colors of the Rainbow), which won third prize in a competition by the International Academy "Il Convivio." Her fairy tale "Niki's Race," which she translated into Italian, received an honorary Carlo Collodi award in Sicily. Additionally, her book "Le più belle favole di Georgia" is available in Italy in both Italian and French. In 2019, the first five issues of her new series "Children's Greek Mythology" were published, featuring stories from Greek mythology selected by the author and adapted into verse. She has also published the book "Christmas Around the World," which explores intercultural themes. Her books have been presented in schools and children's libraries in Thessaloniki, as well as in schools in Rhodes. Georgia has worked as a lecturer in Creative Writing seminars for fairy tales. She collaborates with publishing houses and the Il Convivio Academy in Italy as a literary translator. She has translated numerous poetry collections and short stories by Greek and Italian authors. Her literary studies published in Italy include: 1. A comparison of four detective short stories by Greek and Italian authors. 2. The Cloven Viscount. 3. Laura: The Woman Who Dominates Petrarch's Poetry - Comparative Analysis - Beatrice - Laura - Fiammetta. 4. Miltos Sachtouris, Surrealist Poet/Analysis based on Gaston Bachelard's critique of the imaginary. 5. Baudelaire's Elevation. Analysis based on Gaston Bachelard's critique of the imaginary. 6. Antonio Tabucchi's Requiem - Analysis of the theory of the fantastic and the strange. She is a member of the Amphictyony of Hellenism and the World Union of Writers and Artists.