Andonis Fostieris was born in Athens in 1953. He studied Law in Athens and History of Law in Paris. From 1971 to 2013 he published the following books of poetry: The Great Journey, Inner Spaces or the Twenties, Dark Eros, Poetry within Poetry, The Devil Sung in Tune, The D ’n A of Death, Thought Belongs to Mourning, Precious Oblivion, Poetry 1975-2010, Terrains of Nothing.
Eighteen translations of his books have been published abroad from esteemed publishing houses (England, France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Albania, Serbia, U.S.A., Argentina). He was editor-in-chief of the journal The New Poetry (1974-1976), co-editor of the annual publication Poetry (1975-1981) and the famous literary journal I Lexi (The Word) (1981-2010). He is awarded with the International Cavafy award (1993), the Vrettakos award of the Municipality of Athens (1998), the Greek State Poetry Award (2004), the Diavazo journal poetry award (2004) and, for the sum of his work, the Ouranis Foundation Poetry Award of the Academy of Athens (2010).