Dimitris Sotakis (Athens, 1973) has published twelve novels and one collection of short stories. The Corn Man was nominated for the Readers’ Prize by the National Book Centre in 2007 as well as for the “Diavazo” award.  His novel The Miracle of Breathing (2009) won the award for Best Novel at the Athens Prize for Literature and was nominated for the European Prize for Literature 2011. Sotakis’s works are all published by Kedros in Greece and have been translated in French, Serbian, Italian, Danish, Turkish, Chinese, Arabic and Macedonian. He lives in Athens where he teaches Chinese.

Prix Méditerranée 2025
Athens Prize for Literature 2011
Nominated for the European Prize for Literature 2011