| Anna Tsiropoulou-Efstathiou was born in Piraeus. She studied Greek and French Literature at the University of Athens, Italian at the Casa d'Italia and Spanish at the Institute of the Spanish Embassy. She is a member of the Literary House of Piraeus (Philologiki Stegi) and the Society of Piraeus for the spreading of the Greek language, of which she has been the Vice President for two years. The Greek Academy of Vaskoni which has its seat in Bilbao, chose her as a regular group member for her general contribution to the advance of classical studies, for the spread and the study of Ancient Greek and especially for her book "How Greek fertilised the European word" (How Greek fertilised European languages") She is the first woman on which the Academy of Vaskoni has bestowed such a title. She is Director of Studies of "Greek Culture", in which she also teaches ancient Greek. For the needs of the school she has compiled the book "Lessons in the ancient Greek language" volumes 1 and 2. |