Marianna Koumarianou
Delta like Dido
picture book | 9+
ISBN: 978-960-594-086-7 • Price: 12,00€ • 13×18 cm. • Pages: 168
The book | A narrative full of lively images from life in Asia Minor (Mikra Asia) before the calamity of 1922.
The book describes the life at an early age of the famous Greek author Dido Sotiriou, who was born there. After the literal narrative there is educational material for Smyrni from antiquity until nowadays and a rich index of place names in Asia Minor.
The authors | Marianna Koumarianou was born in Cardiff, Whales (1980) and lives in Athens. She works as an educator and writes articles and book reviews in both printed and digital magazines. She is also a poet and a children’s storyteller, winner of the 2014 Debut Writer Award of the Greek Section of IBBY.
Filippos Fotiadis studied Architecture and Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Along with architecture, he is engaged in painting and illustrates children’s books.