About the Author
Maria A. Nikolaidis
Μαρία Α. Νικολαΐδου
Maria A. Nikolaidis is the daughter of Apostolos Nikolaidis, a New York-born design director, educator, and the author of Apostolos Nikolaidis: The Authentic Laïká Singer Who Was Never Censored (Marilou Press, 2022).
Born in New York City and raised for a period in Athens, Maria returned to the United States for her design education. Her book project, which she has called her life’s work, spanned more than a decade: digitizing the family archive, conducting research in libraries in Greece, the United States, and Canada, interviewing musicians and witnesses, and designing the entire book bilingually in Greek and English.
“Being an artist and providing moments of joy to others, especially through music, is one of the highest forms of human achievement. […] I knew that to do my father’s story justice and encapsulate important historical aspects that existed outside Greece’s borders, it was I who was going to do this book.”
— Maria Nikolaidis, from an interview with The National HeraldApostolos Nikolaidis is her first book as author, and the inaugural title from Marilou Press, an independent publisher in New York City.
Appearing on national Greek television in 2023, Maria spoke about her father’s life and the making of the book.
“The 2night Show” with Grigoris Arnaoutoglou · ANT1
July 3, 2023 · Greek with English subtitles
