Maria Strani-Potts

Maria Strani-Potts was born in Corfu, Greece in 1946. She graduated from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London. She has lived in Ethiopia, Kenya, England, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Australia. Maria now divides her time between Greece and England.

Comments and Reviews

Works by Maria Strani-Potts

On "The Cat of Portovecchio, Corfu Tales"

She has the writer's eye for detail: for the small, unnoticed aspect of a thing that makes it immediately alive to us; the writer's sense of pace, that makes time, and room in the writing, so that everything finds its place; and the writer's unsparingness that makes truth more important to her than any desire to please. David Malouf, Sydney Book Launch

Read it, it'll change your life and the way you love (and live) the Corfu idyll. ISLAND Magazine

Maria Strani-Potts is incisive in her observations of her locale...Strani-Potts' writing is characterized by a relentless and seductive intelligence which can be cruel, compassionate and ironically amusing- often all at the same time. She is never less than provocative. A pleasure to read and, even for Corfiots, an education. Richard Pine, The Anglo-Hellenic Review

The Cat of Portovecchio is notable for its freshness, warmth and spontaneity. Strani-Potts invites us to step into the lives and over the thresholds of this island community with charm and generosity. She leaves us with a seaside village and a landscape so vibrant that it stays in the mind long after the book is closed. Cathy Peake, The Weekend Australian

On "The Pimping of Panorea"

A passionate cry of anger and grief at the harm done to the environment. For anyone who aspires truly to succeed as a human being in the business of tourism, Maria's short and powerful parable (about the pimping of everything beautiful on the island) should be compulsory reading". Simon Baddeley, Democracy Street.

An absolute must-read. ISLAND Magazine.