Emmanuel P. Kalligeros was born in Kythera in 1949, where he finished High School. He studied Political Sciences in Athens and worked for many years as executive of foreign banks. Now, he works in the Commercial Bank of Greece.

Since 1988 he has published monthly, the newspaper Kythiraika. Since 1991, he has also published the Historical and Tourist Book Guide Kythira, which is published in five languages, and of which multiple editions habe been printed.

His book Venus was born here – Synoptic History of Kythira, was published in 1996 It has been re-orinted three times.

He has written many articles in newspapers and magazines, regarding economic, banking and tourist issues. He is Vice President at the Society of Kytherian Studies and contributes actively to the Society's publishing programme.

BOOKS

2002 Kytherian Surnames, Society of Kytherian Studies.

2001. Kythira - Historic and Tourist Book Guide – Greek Edition, Kythiraika.

2001 Kythira - Historic and Tourist Guide – English Edition, Kythiraika.

2001 Venus was born here - Synoptic History of Kythira. Kythiraika.

2001 Kytherian Books of registry – Temple of St. John the Forerunner of Strapodi. Society of Kytherian Studies.

2000 Kythira - Ein Reisebegleiter zu der Insel – German Edition, Kythiraika

2000 Kithira – Guida turistica con cenni storici – Italian Edition, (Exhaustivited), Kythiraika

1998 Kytherian Exercise Books – History – Archaeology – Art – Storiology, Chronicles of priest Daniil Varipati – Chrysea, Kythiraika

1996 Cythere – Guide Historique et Touristique – French Edition, (Exhaustivited), Kythiraika

1993 The Kytherians of Smirni and the lost homelands. Society of Kytherian Studies