Dina Sarakinou was born in Athens, Greece, with her family hailing from Corfu. She studied Bioinformatics in the United Kingdom. Since 2011, she has been a business strategy consultant specializing in innovative and startup companies, helping them launch, grow, expand, and secure funding.
In September 2013, she founded the online literary magazine Literature.gr. Her short stories have been included in collective publications, and her book reviews are regularly published in newspapers, print, and online magazines. She served as a member of the Committee for the State Literary Awards of the Ministry of Culture during 2023–2024.
Dina is a founding member of PEN Greece and served as the President of its Board of Directors from December 2021 to January 2025. In the interim administration of PEN Greece (2019–2021), she held the position of Treasurer.
For more about her tenure, you can read her interview in Athens Voice on December 11, 2024.
Literary Activities
Organising Literature.gr awards ‘’Phrase of the Year Prize’ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 https://www.literature.gr/literature-gr-prize/
Organised One – Day Conference on Promoting Greek Literature Abroad https://www.literature.gr/symperasmata-apo-tin-imerida-to-paron-kai-to-mellon-tis-ellinikis-logotechnias-sto-exoteriko-8-3-2019/
Presented the Semi Day Conference of Filanagnosia ‘’ Joy of Reading’’ https://www.literature.gr/imerida-filanagnosia-stin-praxi-lesches-anagnosis-afigisis-kai-ergastiria-dimioyrgikis-grafis/
Interview on Athens 9.84 about the 5th anniversary of Literature.gr https://athina984.gr/2018/10/23/pente-chronia-leitoyrgias-toy-literature-gr/
Interview on Athens 9.84 about the 10th anniversary of Literature.gr https://athina984.gr/2023/04/08/10-chronia-literature-gr-h-ntina-sarakinoy-gia-to-thayma-tis-logotechnias/
