Despo Pilavaki was born and raised in Cyprus. He studied in Thessaloniki and lived several years in Greece. At the age of forty, he decided to study the Turkish language in order to get to know better the ancient enemy of Hellenism. He worked as an interpreter in the Cyprus Police and in the Courts. He has a son and two grandchildren. She has been writing poetry since her student years and many of her poems refer to the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the barbarities of the conquerors. The subject of the Motherland shocks and inspires her. He writes in both modern Greek and Cypriot dialect and free verse and rhyme. Her poems have been set to music and distinguished in competitions while she has participated in various anthologies such as, Philological New Year Literary Diary Irene's look Let's talk about the routes His love is red Harmony of souls Greek Cypriot cultural group He has published four poetry collections Obstinacy of love (Cypriot dialect) What I Didn't Say (Free Verse) My homeland captive My Cyprus lavender