Born in 1956 to a Greek-Armenian father and a French mother, he spent his early childhood in Thessaloniki. When he was six, he left for France. He lived in Paris, Normandy and the South of France for no more than 3 years at a time. His first interests were in art, which was to become his homeland: poems and songs inked his dreams. A retired teacher, he has been a tour guide in his region for 17 years, while also publishing his musical compositions and participating in numerous art exhibitions in recent years.