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 18-24.12.2023 on Voice of Greece is Aristea Papalexandrou.
Aristea Papalexandrou (1970) has published 6 collections of poetry and her poems and essays on poetry and the theater have appeared in many Greek newspapers and literary magazines. She studied music and Medieval Modern Greek Philology, During the past two decades she has been involved with the investigation of the post-dictatorial period in Greece and its evaluation of the work of modern Greek female poets, a work which in March 2014 was deemed the School of Fine Arts worthy of being used as her doctoral thesis under the title: The Involvement with the Poetics of Female Creative Artists during the final quarter of the 20th Century. She is also professionally involved with editing texts and typographic corrections while at the same time teaching The History of Modern Greek Literature at various cultural institutions. Her poetry has been put to music by the notable composers Michalis Kaloyerakis and Apostolos Kitsos. Finally, she was awarded the coveted Petros Haris Award of the Athens Academy for the collection It’s Passing Us By as well as her general contribution to Greek Literature.
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Music supervision by Maria Reboutsika
Sound Editing by Eleftheria Papoutsaki
Broadcast: Monday to Friday at 07:00 and 19:00 and on the weekend at 19.00 (Athens time)