Maria Patakia was born in Athens. She studied Law at the University of Athens and European Law at the University Paris 2. She has worked as a Legal Advisor to the European Commission and a secretary of the Cultural Association KYKLOS in Brussels, and has been a member of the French cultural association Art faber. Â She spends her time and interests among Brussels, Paris and Athens.
She has published the following poetry collections: Time Stalkers (Melani, 2016), The Scales of Soul (Melani, 2018) and Eros, the only Daemon (Melani, 2020). Her first poetry collection in French titled Arpenteurs du Temps -et autres Recueils was published in May 2021, translated by Michel Volkovitch (Le Miel des Anges Editions). Her poems have also been translated in English and Albanian and have been published in literary magizines.
