Stamatios Paraskevas, born in Greece in 1962 and raised Greek Orthodox, spent many years in Germany, beginning with studies at RWTH Aachen. He is married and now lives in Greece again. His favourite book is Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, like him inclined towards life but constantly searching. Who says sarcastically about himself, the philosophical, prophetic, redemptive, Buddha-like Australopithecus.