Constantia Soteriou Author

CONSTANTIA SOTERIOU was born in Nicosia in 1975. Her novels Aishe Goes on Vacation and Voices Made of Soil were shortlisted for the Greek and Cypriot National Book Awards. Her short story, ‘Death Customs’, was the winner of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her short stories have been translated into English, Italian, Danish, Turkish, Serbian, and Ukrainian, and appeared on BBC Radio 4 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

LINA PROTOPAPA is a translator and literary critic based in Nicosia, Cyprus. Her translation of Constantia Soteriou’s “Death Customs” from the Greek received the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize while her translation of Nikolas Kyriakou’s “The Debt” was shortlisted for the same prize in 2020. Her work has appeared in Granta, adda, Fractal, Hartis Magazine, and on BBC Radio 4.