The Poet of the Week 08-14 April 2024 is Dimitris P. Kraniotis
Dimitris P. Kraniotis was born in 1966 and comes from Stomio, Larissa, where he grew up. He studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with an MSc in Medicine at the University of Thessaly. He lives in Larissa and works as a doctor, specialist pathologist.
He has published 10 poetry collections in Greece and abroad: : “Traces” (1985), “Clay Faces” (1992), “Imaginary Line” (2005), “Dunes” (Romania 2007), “Endogram” (ed. Malliaris Paideia, 2010), “Edda” (Romania 2010), “Illusions” (Romania 2010), “Leaf Vowels” (Italy 2017), “Tie of public decency” (ed. Cedar, 2018) and “Minus One” (Spain 2022). In 2011 he edited and published the anthology in English “World Poetry 2011” (205 poets from 65 countries). His new poetry collection “Wrinkles on coffee” will be published in 2024 by Kedros Publications. His poems were translated into 36 languages and published in anthologies and magazines in various countries.
He participated as a guest poet in many International Poetry Festivals abroad. In 2011 he chaired the 22nd World Congress of Poets in Larissa, where he also founded and organized the 1st Mediterranean Poetry Festival. He is Head of the Committee of Writers for Peace of PEN Greece, Vice-President of the Association of Arts and Letters of Thessaly, member of the Society of Greek Writers, the National Society of Greek Writers, PEN Greece, the Hellenic Society of Medical Writers and international organizations (World Poetry Movement, Poets of the Planet, etc.)
He was awarded a Doctor of Literature and an Academic abroad. He has also served as Professor at the Department of Nursing of the University of Thessaly (former TEI of Larissa), Vice-President of the Medical Association of Larissa, Editorial Director of the medical magazine “Hippocrates” and member of the editorial board of the literary magazine “Grafi”. His personal page: https://www.dimitriskraniotis.com/
Voice of Greece radio is once again including in its program the two-minute poetry tributes titled “Poet of the Week“, with the aim of disseminating, supporting, and promoting the Greek language and culture.Each weekly episode is a tribute to a contemporary poet from Greece or the Greek Diaspora.The poets recite their poems themselves, against original music, composed and played in the studio of the Hellenic Radio by the musicians of the ERT Orchestra, as well as musical pieces by well-loved composers.Seven poems every week, one Greek poem every day travels through the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the ends of the earth, where there are Greek voices.
Music supervision by Maria Reboutsika
Sound Editing by Eleftheria Papoutsaki
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