Anastassis VISTONITIS (Greece) was born in Komotini, Northern Greece. He studied Political Sciences and Economics in Athens and Philosophy in Thessaloniki. From 1996 to 2001, he was a member of the board of the E.W.C. (The Federation of European Writers). From 2003 to 2007, he was the Vice-president of the E.W.C.. Vistonitis has published twelve books of poetry, four volumes of essays, five travelogues, a book of short stories and a book of translations of the Chinese poet Li He. Vistonitis was the General Editor of the candidature file of Athens for the Olympic Games of 2004. His writings have been translated into 20 languages. He writes for the leading Greek newspaper To Vima and lives in Athens.
安納斯塔西斯．威斯托尼迪斯（希臘），生於雅典北部科莫迪尼，曾於雅典研究政治經濟學，並於特撒隆尼基研究哲學。從1996至2001年，他是歐洲作家聯盟之一員；從2003至2007年，他擔任歐洲作家協會的副主席。威斯托尼迪斯著有十二本詩集、四本散文集、五本遊記、一本短篇小說，獲翻譯成二十種語言出版。他亦翻譯中國詩人李賀的作品。曾翻譯中國詩人李賀的詩歌。威斯托尼迪斯曾獲任雅典奧運會申辦材料的主筆。現為希臘最重要的報紙《論壇日報》撰稿，居於雅典。