Vangelis St. Zafeiratis

He was born in 1956 in the village of Llazat, in the district of Saranda. He studied economics at the University of Tirana. He lives in the city of Saranda.

From his secondary-school years he devoted himself to literature, and to poetry in particular. He publishes poetry, prose, essays, and folkloric and ethnographic studies. He has worked as an economist and as a journalist. He translates Greek literature into Albanian and vice versa.

As a journalist he worked with the Greek-language press of the Greek National Minority. He has taken part in various literary conferences as a speaker.

His books published in Greece:

• Sgouros vasilikos (Curly Basil), Phoenix Editions, Athens 2011
• I monaxia tis petras (The Solitude of the Stone), Roes Editions, Athens 2016
• Monotoxa (Single Arches), Oropedio Editions, Athens 2018
• Agioi Saranta – A Palimpsest of Memory, Elikranon Editions, Athens 2020
• Tis petras kai tis mnimis (Of Stone and of Memory), Filyra Editions, Athens 2021
• To kraximo tou koraka (The Caw of the Raven), Elikranon Editions, Athens 2023 (First Prize for a Complete Body of Work, Union of Greek Writers, 2023)

Other collections of his poems and prose have been published in Albania, along with his poetry translated into Albanian.

His poetry collections published in Bulgaria:

• Chroma tou meliou (The Colour of Honey), 2013, Severno Echo publishers («Северно ехо»)
• T’ anthi tis siopis (The Flowers of Silence), 2015, Balgarska Knizhnitsa publishers («Българска книжница») — written jointly with Albena Dekova
• Methysmenes paparounes (Drunken Poppies), in Italian, Exitirion Editions, 2025

He has anthologised and translated Greek prose writers and poets into Albanian. Among other works:

• White Goddess – 37 Greek Poets (Hyjneshë e bardhë), NERAIDA Editions, Tirana, 2026
• Ars poetica (Antonis Fostieris), NERAIDA Editions, Tirana, 2019
• Lights on the Open Sea – 28 Greek Writers, short stories, NERAIDA Editions, Tirana, 2017
• Bitter Almond – 19 Cypriot Writers, NERAIDA Editions, Tirana, 2020
• Stolen Flower – 23 Writers of the Greek National Minority, NERAIDA Editions, Tirana, 2024
• My Name Is Anna (novel by Maria Tzirita), translation, NERAIDA Editions, Tirana, 2023

From Albanian into Greek he has anthologised and translated:

• Three Neighbouring Poets, Oropedio Editions, Athens, 2021
• The Verses That Killed the Poet – An Anthology of Contemporary Albanian Poetry, manifesto Editions, Athens, 2026

In his own selection and translation.

Beyond writing and publishing books, he has published ethnographic, folkloric and historical studies, as well as essays.

His poems, short stories and essays have appeared in various well-known journals both in Greece and abroad.