Spyros Vovolinis was born in Athens on 16 February 1910. He read law at the University of Athens and from a young age he devoted himself to journalism. He initially worked as a civil servant and, in parallel, as journalist. In 1934, he launched the monthly economic magazine “Viomichaniki Epitheorissis” [Industrial Review]. He took part in the Greco-Italian War (1940-1941) and later in the Resistance, and during the Occupation he co-edited the underground newspaper Ελληνικόν Αίμα [Hellenic Blood]. From 1958 through 1962, he and his brother Konstantinos published the dictionary Μέγα Ελληνικόν Βιογραφικόν Λεξικόν [Great Greek Biographical Dictionary]. For this work, they were awarded with the Academy of Athens Prize in 1964. In 1962, he obtained exclusive copyright licence to re-publish articles from the Financial Times. He also worked closely with the publishers of the Greek encyclopaedias Papyrus Larousse Britannica and Οικονομική και Λογιστική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια [Economic and Accounting Encyclopaedia]. He served as chair of the Periodical Press Owners’ Union (EDIPT) (1951-1964) and the Greek Press Directors’ Union (EDET), vice-chair of the Board of the International Federation of Periodical Press in Paris and of the Press Owners, Editors and Employees’ Pension Fund (TAISYT), president of the Corps of Stout Greek Youths [Greek: Σώμα Ελλήνων “Αλκίμων”] and advisor to several organisations and companies. He was also a member of the Panhellenic Liberal Youth [Greek: Πανελλήνιος Φιλελευθέρα Νεολαία], the Athens Consumer Defence Cooperative [Greek: Συνεταιρισμός Αμύνης Καταναλωτών Αθηνών], the Society for the Promotion of Education and Learning [Greek: Φιλεκπαιδευτική Εταιρεία], the Hellenic Red Cross, the Parnassos Literary Society, the Athens Club, the Rotary Club of Athens, as well as member of the board of the Panhellenic Committee for the Self-determination of Cyprus [Greek: Πανελλήνιος Επιτροπή Αυτοδιαθέσεως Κύπρου] and several other associations. For his life achievement as a publisher, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the magazine “Viomichaniki Epitheorissis”, he received an award by the Academy of Athens. He was also awarded the Medal for Exceptional Acts with swords; the Gold Cross of the Royal Order of George I; the Greco-Italian and Greco-German War Medals; the Gold Medal for Creativity; the Gold Medal of the Mother of Churches; the Holy Cross (first class) of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark; the Gold Cross of the Millennium of the Mount Athos; the Gold Medal of the Sacred City of Missolonghi; and the Gold Cross of the Greek Equestrian Order of Saint Dennis of Zante. He died on 24 November 1995.