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VoG’s Poet of the Week: Eftychia Panayiotou | 16-22 October 2023

Each weekly episode is a tribute to a contemporary poet from Greece or the Greek Diaspora.

The poets recite their poems themselves, along with an original live music background.

The Poet of the Week 16.10 – 22.10.2023 is Eftychia Panayiotou

Eftychia Panayiotou (born Cyprus, 1980) is a poet, copy editor and poetry translator (Anne Sexton, Anne Carson, English Romantics). She wrote three books of poetry: μέγας κηπουρός (great gardener, 2007), Μαύρη Μωραλίνα (Black Moralina, 2010,  third prize for best book by young poet), and Χορευτές (Dancers, 2014, shortlisted in Cyprus and Greece). She studied Philosophy and Modern Greek Studies and has completed her Ph.D. in Modern Greek Poetry. She also teaches in creative writing programs/workshops and is engaged with videopoetry and soundpoetry.

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Music supervision by Maria Reboutsika
Sound Editing by Giorgos Giannakoulas & Eleftheria Papoutsaki
Broadcast: Monday to Friday at 07:00 and 22:00 and on the weekend at 22:00 (Athens time)

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