Dimitris Alexiou Studied Legal Sciences at the NCUA and works as an attorney.

His first literary work was the novel Bitter cherries (Dioptra Publications, 2008). Since then he has published five novels, has been included in short story collections and has also translated numerous literary books from English into Greek.

He started working in theatre as an actor in 1990, as a playwright in 2013 and as a director in 2015. Six of his plays have been staged. Six of his plays have been staged.

He has received a Distinction from the National Awards Committee in 2022 for his play A valley of poppies, which was also chosen for a staged reading at the Cimientos international festival in June 2025 at the IATI theatre in New York.

His work When the Bell Rings was a Eurodram 2022 selection. As a writer, playwright and translator he is a member of PEN Greece.