Xrysoula Foufa, Poetess

Published on November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM

Χrysoula Foufa was born in 1971 in Farsala, Greece. She graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with honors in 1993 and then worked as a tutoring school owner for 6 years.

After that, Xrysolula successfully passed the ASEP exams and was appointed at the high school in Astakos Messolongi. She has been teaching English in the 1st General Lyceum of Farsala since 2000. Xrysolula attended various seminars on English as well as on psychology and environmental protection issues.

She loves literature, poetry, travelling and dancing. Xrysolula has won poetry prizes awarded to her for her poems in national and global poetry competitions. So far she was included in poetic anthologies. Xrysolula was elected vice mayor in her town. She was the president of a local club concerning Epirus traditions and customs (2018-2024). Xrysolula is also a member of the Board of the Academy of Farsala and the Chess Association of Farsala. She is the mother of three children.