Financial Times. I WAS BARRED FROM MY FATHER’S FUNERAL. IT MADE ME RETHINK GRIEF
https://www.ft.com/content/8b4483a7-7b3b-4a9a-a3bd-aa59d03ba9a9 Illustration by Dror Cohen Published APR 3 2026
Articles & Interviews
Interview in EKatherimerini by Tenia Christopoulos
Author Sofka Zinovieff discusses her work and how Greek life has influenced it Tenia Christopoulos 16.05.2025 ‘I’m still fascinated by Greece and I’m happy with my day if I’ve done some writing, reading and had a sea swim,’ says the author. [George Vdokakis]
A PLAYFUL ODE TO A DIFFICULT DAD Rana Haddad interviews Sofka in Athens Insider
A PLAYFUL ODE TO A DIFFICULT DAD Rana Haddad interviews Sofka Zinovieff in Athens Insider https://www.athensinsider.com/a-playful-ode-to-a-difficult-dad/
Telegraph Magazine, I WAS BANNED FROM MY FATHER’S FUNERAL
Explore the Urban Soul of Athens with Sofka Zinovieff – interview with Amanda Dardanis
Acclaimed author and former anthropologist Sofka Zinovieff unpacks her adopted home, Athens, to help you excavate the multi-layered Greek capital. By Amanda Dardanis Want to scratch beneath the surface of a city? Who better to ask than a former anthropologist? Especially one who has spent two decades living in said city; bringing up her
Athens Unpacked – a new podcast series. Article in This is Athens
Join us as we Unpack Athens in our brand new Podcast Series By Amanda Dardanis “All cities are complex but Athens has an especially tangled character—it’s both spectacularly ancient and undeniably modern.”—Sofka Zinovieff, author. Athens has more layers than a moussaka. As the city reopens to tourism again this month, we
In Greece You Don’t Choose Your Village – article for Greece Is magazine
In Greece You Don’t Choose Your Village Most Greeks have ancestral ties to villages they regularly visit. And, just like in a family, these reunions can be at once joyful and maddening. Sofka Zinovieff | June 23rd, 2020 When lockdown eased and travel outside one’s home region was permitted, we escaped the unseasonal heatwave in Athens
Eurydice Street amongst Oprah Magazine’s 26 Best Travel Books
26 Best Travel Books That Will Take You All Around the World No plane ticket required. By Elena Nicolaou Jun 25, 2020 Sofka Zinovieff, a Brit, moves to her husband’s native Athens to raise their two daughters. From her vantage point between cultures, Zinovieff can observe Greek customs as she participates in them. Eurydice Street is the honest
Why Are Greeks So Hospitable? An Anthropologist’s View. In Greece Is
Why Are Greeks So Hospitable? An Anthropologist’s View Is there more to a spoon sweet than meets the eye? Anthropologist Sofka Zinovieff examines the hidden layers of meaning in Greek hospitality. By Sofka Zinovieff | February 12th, 2020 I first lived in Greece in the late 1980s as a student. I’d exchanged chilly Cambridge
READING GREECE: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GREEK EMBASSY, LONDON
Reading Greece | Sofka Zinovieff: “I have a strong belief in the resilience of Greeks” What does it mean to be Greek? What connects Greek and British people? How does the ancient Greek heritage weigh on contemporary Greeks? These are some of the questions that the acclaimed British author, Sofka Zinovieff, attempts to answer in her