About
Nektaria Anastasiadou is a Greek writer who lives in Istanbul and explores the history, language, and cultural identity of the city’s Greek Orthodox community. Her writing reflects her interest in the lives of minority communities and the ways history shapes belonging across generations. In 2019, Anastasiadou won the Zografeios Agon, a prestigious Greek-language literary award established in Constantinople in the nineteenth century. Her debut novel, A Recipe for Daphne, was published in 2021 by the American University in Cairo Press. The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Runciman Award, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and received an honourable mention in the Eric Hoffer Book Award. It was also featured on Elif Shafak’s reading list of books about Istanbul in The New York Times. Her short stories have appeared in literary journals including The Markaz Review and the Greek magazine Hartis. In 2023, she participated in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, representing Greece and Turkey. Her second novel, At the Feet of Eternal Spring, was published in Greece in 2023. Through her fiction, Anastasiadou brings attention to the rich cultural heritage of Istanbul’s Greek community, exploring memory, migration, love, and the ongoing search for belonging.
