Born in Athens in 1959, Michael Mitsos graduated in 1981 from the National Technical University of Athens. After his postgraduate studies in Swansea, Wales, he started working as a journalist for Avgi newspaper, he continued at the Athens News Agency and since 1988 he has been working for the newspaper “TA NEA”, where he is the international affairs chief editor. He also writes a daily column named “Hagiographies” and a Saturday page named “Currents and Ideas”. He has written a book named “Histories shall save us”, he has collaborated in a book named “Violence” and he has translated eight books (published by Polis editions). He speaks fluently English, French and Spanish.